Individual and contextual variation in EU issue voting: The role of political information |
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| Authors: | Catherine E. de Vries Wouter van der Brug Marcel H. van Egmond Cees van der Eijk |
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| Affiliation: | a Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam, Oudezijds Achterburgwal 237, 1021 DL Amsterdam, The Netherlands;b Social Sciences Methods and Data Institute, University of Nottingham, LSS Building B103, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK |
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| Abstract: | Increasing politicization in EU member states about European issues can be expected to strengthen the impact of attitudes towards Europe on vote choice in European Parliament (EP) elections. At the same time this impact is likely to vary between voters and contexts as a function of political information. This study explores the role of political information in explaining individual and contextual heterogeneity in the degree of EU issue voting. Using a two-step hierarchical estimation procedure to explore both individual and contextual variation, we show that while EU issue voting in the 2009 EP elections is only slightly more pronounced among the politically sophisticated, it is clearly more extensive in contexts that provide higher levels of political information on European matters. |
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| Keywords: | EU issue voting Political information Second-order elections Two-step hierarchical estimation Voting behaviour |
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