송진미·박원호. 2014. "이슈선점과 정당일체감: 제18대 대통령선거를 중심으로." 「한국정당학회보」. 13(1): 1-28. | |
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Title | 송진미·박원호. 2014. "이슈선점과 정당일체감: 제18대 대통령선거를 중심으로." 「한국정당학회보」. 13(1): 1-28. |
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Issue Ownership and Party Identification:The 2012 Korean Presidential Election - JinMi Song, Won-ho Park (2014) Most Korean voters report policy issues as the most decisive factor they consider in elections, yet the literature on Korean voting behavior show the impact of issues are dwarfed by that of party preferences. In this paper, we propose that the voter’s choice is largely influenced by her attitude on issues conditional upon her partisanship and the party’s issue ownership. We find that the Korean voter makes voting decisions based on a delicate interaction between her party identification and the degree to which she places importance on economic and welfare issues. If the voter has no partisan affiliation, the influence of issue agenda is the highest; the influence of issue importance is weaker among partisans. If a issue a partisan voter cares about is ‘owned’ by her party she will vote for the party anyway and the net effect of issue importance is minimal; when issue and party do not overlap we find certain effect of such cross-pressure where partisans abandon their parties. In the 2012 presidential election in Korea, we present evidence that Park Geun-hye’s issue ownership on economic development attracted independent voters while the promotion of her welfare policies was successful enough to draw some Democrats. |