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Housing and electoral behaviour: The changing face of class voting in advanced democracies 住房与选举行为：发达民主国家阶级投票面貌的变化

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Electoral Studies Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2025.103009

Josh Goddard

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Party organizational strength and voter turnout in authoritarian regimes 专制政权下的政党组织力量和选民投票率

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Electoral Studies Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2025.103034

Juhyeok Lee, Nam Kyu Kim

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An attentive audience? If and how voters evaluate coalition formation 一个专心的听众？选民是否以及如何评价联合政府的组成

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Electoral Studies Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2025.103035

Ida B. Hjermitslev , Svenja Krauss

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Effects of a politician’s reputation for providing electoral clientelism: A theory with evidence from Brazil 政治家提供选举庇护主义的声誉的影响：一个有巴西证据的理论

IF 2.3 2区社会学

Electoral Studies Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2026.103043

Eduardo Mello , Will Jennings , Lawrence McKay , Oto Montagner

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Conflict on the campaign trail? How campaign effort and electoral competitiveness shape affective polarization 竞选过程中的冲突？竞选努力和选举竞争如何塑造情感两极分化

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Electoral Studies Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2025.103042

Justin Robinson , Ruth Dassonneville

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Who is trusted to navigate the storm? Gendered leadership preferences in times of crisis 谁能被信任来驾驭风暴？危机时期的性别领导偏好

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Electoral Studies Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2025.103023

Lotte Hargrave , Jessica C. Smith , Viktor Valgarðsson , Daniel Devine , Hannah Bunting , Caroline Leicht

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How do underrepresented voters view electoral system trade-offs? 未被充分代表的选民如何看待选举制度的取舍？

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Electoral Studies Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2025.103036

Don S. Lee , Charles T. McClean

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Finding your perfect match nearby. A test of proximity and issue salience voting in local elections 在附近找到你的完美伴侣。地方选举中临近性和议题显著性投票的测试

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Electoral Studies Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2026.103044

Raf Reuse , Dieter Stiers

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Party gatekeeping of working-class candidates under closed-list proportional representation 在封闭名单比例代表制下，工人阶级候选人的政党把关

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Electoral Studies Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2025.103021

Sania Akter , Yann Kerevel , Austin S. Matthews

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Corrigendum to ‘Does switching pay off? The impact of parliamentary party instability on individual electoral performance’ [Elect. Stud. Volume 99, February 2026, 103037] “切换是否有回报？”议会政党不稳定对个人选举表现的影响。钉。第99卷，2026年2月，103037]

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Electoral Studies Pub Date : 2026-02-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2026.103046

Allan Sikk , Sona N. Golder , Raimondas Ibenskas , Paulina Sałek-Lipcean

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