Why has the right-wing populist Freedom Party of Austria supported a total glyphosate ban
proposed by the Social Democratic Party? We examine this research question and pursue …

Most analyses dealing with the interaction of parties in parliament assume their interests to
be fixed between elections. However, a rational perspective suggests that parties adapt their …

Social networking sites offer politicians an opportunity to mobilize followers through carefully
crafted messages appealing to their emotions. We examine the effects of uncivil and post …

Issue competition theories posit that political parties have little incentive to emphasize the
same issues, because they mostly benefit from emphasizing issues where they are viewed …

For citizens to make well-informed decisions, they require information on diverse policy
issues, which, among others, are publicized on political parties' social media accounts …

Well‐functioning political representation presupposes that the substantive focus of parties
'parliamentary efforts reflects the issues on which parties campaigned. Although the link …

This article investigates the influence of electoral manifestos on the online communication of
electoral candidates. Our study addresses electoral candidates' conflict between party …

Extensive research applies counterfactual simulation methodology to study parties' optimal
policy positions in multiparty elections. In recent years, this methodology has been extended …

In many countries, voters are targeted with clientelistic and programmatic electoral offers.
Existing research explores the demand side of clientelism, but we still know very little about …

One of the sources of the incumbent advantage over the challenger in a two-candidate
election is the possibility of referring to accomplishments in office. Incumbents exploit this …