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Liberal vändning, Hur och varför har Liberalernas valmanifest ändrats inför valet 2018 - en jämförande analys

Persson, Noa LU and Valsås Ström, Erik LU (2021) STVA22 20202
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The purpose of this report is to build on the knowledge of how parties facing poor election results make changes in their election manifesto. The case in question is the Swedish party Liberalerna, in English referred to as The Liberals. The empirical data that is used is two of the parties election manifestos from 2014 together with 2018. These are coded by Manifesto Project Database. Using three theories of party behaviour it aims to explain changes made to the election manifesto. According to the first theory, a political party will make changes in its election manifesto in accordance to the political trend, particularly if ideologically adjacent parties undergo changes. The second theory states that depending on which rival parties... (More)
The purpose of this report is to build on the knowledge of how parties facing poor election results make changes in their election manifesto. The case in question is the Swedish party Liberalerna, in English referred to as The Liberals. The empirical data that is used is two of the parties election manifestos from 2014 together with 2018. These are coded by Manifesto Project Database. Using three theories of party behaviour it aims to explain changes made to the election manifesto. According to the first theory, a political party will make changes in its election manifesto in accordance to the political trend, particularly if ideologically adjacent parties undergo changes. The second theory states that depending on which rival parties voters drift to the party tries to compete with in certain issues. Lastly, the third theory makes the case for past election results having an impact upon the positioning of the party in its election manifesto. Depending on the favourability of the past election results the party chooses to either continue in the same direction or go the opposite direction in regards to right-left positioning. The analysis shows that the two first theories are credible. However, they do not explain all the changes in the party manifesto. The study concludes that further improvements to the theories are needed. The study find no solid evidence for the third theory. This does not, however, discount the theory if improved upon. Depending on if the past election results are part of a series of poor election results, this may affect the parties interpretation of the outcome of the election. Further research is needed on this topic. (Less)
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author
Persson, Noa LU and Valsås Ström, Erik LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
Hur och varför har Liberalernas valmanifest ändrats inför valet 2018 - en jämförande analys
course
STVA22 20202
year
type
L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
subject
keywords
Manifesto Project Database, politisk trend, väljarströmmar, valresultat, rational choice theory
language
Swedish
id
9033479
date added to LUP
2021-05-11 15:04:52
date last changed
2021-05-11 15:04:52
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  abstract     = {{The purpose of this report is to build on the knowledge of how parties facing poor election results make changes in their election manifesto. The case in question is the Swedish party Liberalerna, in English referred to as The Liberals. The empirical data that is used is two of the parties election manifestos from 2014 together with 2018. These are coded by Manifesto Project Database. Using three theories of party behaviour it aims to explain changes made to the election manifesto. According to the first theory, a political party will make changes in its election manifesto in accordance to the political trend, particularly if ideologically adjacent parties undergo changes. The second theory states that depending on which rival parties voters drift to the party tries to compete with in certain issues. Lastly, the third theory makes the case for past election results having an impact upon the positioning of the party in its election manifesto. Depending on the favourability of the past election results the party chooses to either continue in the same direction or go the opposite direction in regards to right-left positioning. The analysis shows that the two first theories are credible. However, they do not explain all the changes in the party manifesto. The study concludes that further improvements to the theories are needed. The study find no solid evidence for the third theory. This does not, however, discount the theory if improved upon. Depending on if the past election results are part of a series of poor election results, this may affect the parties interpretation of the outcome of the election. Further research is needed on this topic.}},
  author       = {{Persson, Noa and Valsås Ström, Erik}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Liberal vändning, Hur och varför har Liberalernas valmanifest ändrats inför valet 2018 - en jämförande analys}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}