Perceptions of Partisan Ideologies: The Effect of Coalition Participation

摘要: Recent scholarship in comparative political behavior has begun to address how voters coalitional systems manage the complexity of those environments. We contribute this emerging literature by asking update their perceptions policy positions parties that participate coalition cabinets. In contrast previous work on sources voter party ideology parliamentary systems, which asked respond changes manifestos (i.e., promises), we argue updating perceptions, will give more weight observable actions than promises. Further, participation is an easily observed action use as a heuristic infer direction change absence detailed information about parties’ legislative records. Specifically, propose all should perceive cabinets ideologically similar, but tendency be muted for politically interested (who have greater access countervailing messages from parties). Using individual-level data set constructed 54 electoral surveys 18 European countries, find robust support these propositions.