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Ebb tide in blue: Recent sub-national elections in the Australian federation
Citation
Bolwell, D and Eccleston, R, Ebb tide in blue: Recent sub-national elections in the Australian federation, Regional and Federal Studies, 28, (3) pp. 253-274. ISSN 1359-7566 (2018) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1080/13597566.2018.1465050
Abstract
This article analyses the extent and nature of nationalization of state and territory elections in Australia, both in terms of how similar state and territory voting patterns are to federal results, as well as ‘second-order’ effects that indicate how much dissatisfaction with the existing federal government spills over into state and territory elections. We include assessments of campaign issues and impacts in order to see how far voters hold both federal and state and territory governments accountable. While we find both similarities in voting patterns between the two tiers and small second-order effects in the regions, we argue that swings were linked to national policy paralysis in the face of major issues that impacted differently across sub-national electorates. Coalition decline was exacerbated by leadership instability and increasing concern by its parliamentarians at their fading political popularity.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | Australia, regional, sub-national elections, second-order, swings |
Research Division: | Human Society |
Research Group: | Political science |
Research Field: | Australian government and politics |
Objective Division: | Law, Politics and Community Services |
Objective Group: | Government and politics |
Objective Field: | Electoral systems |
UTAS Author: | Bolwell, D (Mr Dain Bolwell) |
UTAS Author: | Eccleston, R (Professor Richard Eccleston) |
ID Code: | 125797 |
Year Published: | 2018 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 8 |
Deposited By: | Office of the School of Social Sciences |
Deposited On: | 2018-05-07 |
Last Modified: | 2018-12-03 |
Downloads: | 0 |
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