The Electoral Behaviour of the Median Voter and the 'Paradoxes' of Spanish Political Competition

Focusing on the 2000, 2008 and 2011 Spanish elections, this paper provides three contributions to the literature on electoral competition from a Downsian perspective. Firstly, an answer is offered to the three paradoxes that arise when applying the basic proximity vote model to electoral competition...

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Main Authors: Javier Astudillo, Toni Rodon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS) 2013-01-01
Series:Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas (REIS)
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Online Access:http://reis.cis.es/REIS/PDF/REIS_144_01_ENGLISH1381481713075.pdf