| Title |
Foreign policy preferences and vote choice under semi-presidentialism / |
| Authors |
Jastramskis, Mažvydas |
| DOI |
10.1177/10659129221119201 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Political research quarterly.. Thousand Oaks, CA : SAGE Publications. 2023, vol. 76, iss. 2, p. 899-914.. ISSN 1065-9129. eISSN 1938-274X |
| Keywords [eng] |
semi-presidentialism ; presidential elections ; vote choice ; foreign policy preferences |
| Abstract [eng] |
Under semi-presidential regimes, directly elected presidents often play a central role in foreign policy, but their responsibility for the economy is limited. I propose an office-centred explanation of voter behaviour in semi-presidential elections based on the foreign policy preferences of the electorate. In order to explore the empirical applicability of this addition to the theory, I explore the Lithuanian case: a semi-presidential country where the president has substantial powers in foreign and defence policy and the presidents are usually non-partisan. I employ a dataset from the Lithuanian 2019 post-election survey that offers a battery of items measuring the positions of voters on foreign policy issues. When controlling for alternative explanations, I find that foreign policy preferences (measured as an index of voter attitudes towards Russia and defence) are a strong and stable determinant of vote choice, in both the first and second rounds of presidential elections. |
| Published |
Thousand Oaks, CA : SAGE Publications |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2023 |
| CC license |
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