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Replication Data for: Partisanship in Times of Crisis – Evidence from Italy

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Title Replication Data for: Partisanship in Times of Crisis – Evidence from Italy
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/AINBOL
 
Creator Bankert, Alexa
Del Ponte, Alessandro
Huddy, Leonie
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description There is a continuing debate over the political importance and durability of partisan attachments in European multi-party systems. Drawing on a nationally representative 5-wave panel, we provide a longitudinal test of the power of partisanship in Italy over the course of the tumultuous 2013 national elections. We find that a strong partisan affiliation measured as a social identity two years prior to the election promoted system stability by increasing support for the in-party and inhibiting electoral support for the insurgent Five Star Movement (M5S). In contrast, non-partisans, especially highly educated ones, were more likely than partisans to vote for M5S. Our results illustrate the role of partisanship in stabilizing multi-party systems amid crisis.
 
Subject Social Sciences
Partisan identity
Partisanship
Italian politics
 
Contributor Del Ponte, Alessandro