When Voters Care About What They Don't Care
Political science literature has documented that the electoral behavior of voters with opposing preferences across dimensions (i.e., culturally progressive and economically conservative, or viceversa) is highly dependent on the importance they attach to each dimension. This study aims to expand our knowledge of this phenomenon in two ways. First, it explores the degree of separability of voters’ preferences, understanding to which extent individuals are willing to turn a blind eye on the less important dimension – especially when their position contrasts significantly with that of their preferred party or candidate. Second, this work analyses whether candidates’ personal and demographic traits – particularly, occupation, ethnicity, and sexual orientation – help break this spatial logic, inducing voters to better tolerate policy disagreements with their preferred party/candidate.
Date:
9 November 2022, 14:00 (Wednesday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2022)
Venue:
Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details:
This is a hybrid event--interested participants can attend in person in the Clay Room at Nuffield College or virtually via Zoom
Speakers:
Francesco Raffaelli (University of Oxford),
Luis Cornago Bonal (Oxford)
Organising department:
Nuffield College
Organiser:
Noah Bacine (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
noah.bacine@nuffield.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Noah Bacine (University of Oxford)
Part of:
CESS Colloquium Series
Booking required?:
Recommended
Booking url:
https://cess-nuffield.nuff.ox.ac.uk/events/colloquium/francesco-raffaelli-luis-cornago-bonal-university-of-oxford/
Booking email:
noah.bacine@nuffield.ox.ac.uk
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editors:
Noah Bacine,
Martina Beretta
