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Replication Data for: The bottom-up spillover effect for radical right parties

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Title Replication Data for: The bottom-up spillover effect for radical right parties
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/HB0C7K
 
Creator Chan, Ka Ming
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description Previous literature suggests a party’s electoral result can shape its vote share and calculus of voting in a subsequent election. Less is known about whether this information-updating process helps explain the success of radical right parties (RRPs) in a multi-level system. To answer this question, I use the case of Germany to test whether a bottom-up spillover effect exists for RRPs. Through a regression discontinuity design, I first find that crossing regional electoral hurdles can substantially improve RRPs’ electoral performance in a subsequent general election. Yet, this positive spillover effect cannot be found for other party families. Next, I use a panel to ascertain which mechanisms drive this effect for RRPs. The analysis suggests the legitimation mechanism is more dominant than the viability mechanism and exposure mechanism. These findings enrich our understanding of both the second-order election framework and RRP studies.
 
Subject Social Sciences
concatenated elections; multi-level system; information updating; radical right; legitimation
 
Date 2022-04-25
 
Contributor Chan, Ka Ming