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題名 Examining the ‘Midterm Loss’in Taiwan: An Analysis of the 2009 County Magistrate Election 作者 Yu, Eric Chen-Hua
俞振華貢獻者 政大政治系 日期 2011-12 上傳時間 21-Jun-2013 10:33:10 (UTC+8) 摘要 Abstract: This paper regards Taiwan’s 2009 local (i.e., county magistrate) election as a kind of\r\nmidterm election and explains why the ruling party Kuomintang (KMT) got defeated by the opposition\r\nDemocratic Progressive Party (DPP) from two theoretical perspectives—namely, the\r\n“lack of mobilization” theory and the “swing voter” theory. By using both aggregate-level voting\r\nrecords and individual-level survey data, our empirical findings are three-fold: first, in general,\r\nthe DPP successfully mobilized their supporters to get out to voting in the 2009 local\r\nelection while the KMT failed to do so. Second, previous KMT supporters in the 2008 presidential\r\nelection were somehow reluctant to continuously support KMT candidates in the 2009\r\nlocal election. Specifically, in the KMT advantageous county, such as Taoyuan County, previous\r\nKMT supporters were less likely to turn out to vote than those previous DPP supporters. On\r\nthe other hand, in the DPP advantageous county, such as Yunlin County, a significant proportion\r\nof previous KMT supporters actually turned out to vote for the DPP incumbent candidate.\r\nThird, The conventional wisdom suggests that the performance of the ruling party usually becomes\r\nan important factor that affects voting behavior in midterm elections. Our analysis partially\r\nconfirms such “referendum voting model” in the sense that some Taiwanese voters,\r\nparticularly those who voted for the ruling party in the previous national election, may took\r\ninto account the performance of the central government when casting their votes in the next\r\nelection, even if it was just a local-level election. 關聯 Japanese Journal of Electoral Studies, 27(2), 77-92 資料類型 article DOI https://doi.org/10.14854/jaes.27.2_77 dc.contributor 政大政治系 en_US dc.creator (作者) Yu, Eric Chen-Hua en_US dc.creator (作者) 俞振華 zh_TW dc.date (日期) 2011-12 en_US dc.date.accessioned 21-Jun-2013 10:33:10 (UTC+8) - dc.date.available 21-Jun-2013 10:33:10 (UTC+8) - dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 21-Jun-2013 10:33:10 (UTC+8) - dc.identifier.uri (URI) https://ah.lib.nccu.edu.tw/item?item_id=66081 - dc.description.abstract (摘要) Abstract: This paper regards Taiwan’s 2009 local (i.e., county magistrate) election as a kind of\r\nmidterm election and explains why the ruling party Kuomintang (KMT) got defeated by the opposition\r\nDemocratic Progressive Party (DPP) from two theoretical perspectives—namely, the\r\n“lack of mobilization” theory and the “swing voter” theory. By using both aggregate-level voting\r\nrecords and individual-level survey data, our empirical findings are three-fold: first, in general,\r\nthe DPP successfully mobilized their supporters to get out to voting in the 2009 local\r\nelection while the KMT failed to do so. Second, previous KMT supporters in the 2008 presidential\r\nelection were somehow reluctant to continuously support KMT candidates in the 2009\r\nlocal election. Specifically, in the KMT advantageous county, such as Taoyuan County, previous\r\nKMT supporters were less likely to turn out to vote than those previous DPP supporters. On\r\nthe other hand, in the DPP advantageous county, such as Yunlin County, a significant proportion\r\nof previous KMT supporters actually turned out to vote for the DPP incumbent candidate.\r\nThird, The conventional wisdom suggests that the performance of the ruling party usually becomes\r\nan important factor that affects voting behavior in midterm elections. Our analysis partially\r\nconfirms such “referendum voting model” in the sense that some Taiwanese voters,\r\nparticularly those who voted for the ruling party in the previous national election, may took\r\ninto account the performance of the central government when casting their votes in the next\r\nelection, even if it was just a local-level election. - dc.language.iso en_US - dc.relation (關聯) Japanese Journal of Electoral Studies, 27(2), 77-92 en_US dc.title (題名) Examining the ‘Midterm Loss’in Taiwan: An Analysis of the 2009 County Magistrate Election en_US dc.type (資料類型) article en dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.14854/jaes.27.2_77 - dc.doi.uri (DOI) https://doi.org/10.14854/jaes.27.2_77 -
