カトウ ゲント   KATO GENTO
  加藤 言人
   所属   明治大学  政治経済学部
   職種   専任講師
言語種別 英語
発行・発表の年月 2025/05
形態種別 学術雑誌
査読 査読あり
標題 What brings you to the party? Voter preferences on parties through policy and valence dynamics
執筆形態 共著(筆頭者)
掲載誌名 Party Politics
掲載区分国外
出版社・発行元 SAGE Publications
担当区分 筆頭著者,責任著者
国際共著 国際共著
著者・共著者 Jordan Hamzawi,Gento Kato,Masahisa Endo
概要 Recent studies of party politics suggest that non-policy attributes, or valence, of political parties significantly influence voter decision-making. However, no research to date has established exactly what types of valence matter and how they interact with parties’ policy platforms. This study therefore conducted a conjoint experiment in Japan and found that voters care more about party valence attributes with respect to presence, power, and legislative productivity, as well as the prevalence of scandals, compared to the level of continuity and experience. This pattern persists regardless of electoral system and partisanship. The results also imply that valence is not a substitute for policy and that the effects of valence and policy behave additively. These findings paint a picture of electoral competition centered on both a party’s policy offerings and its ability to meaningfully engage in the legislature rather than its continuing existence or the prevalence of incumbent members.
DOI 10.1177/13540688251339631
ISSN 1354-0688/1460-3683
PermalinkURL https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/13540688251339631
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