Constitution or competence? The SNP's re-election in 2011
Constitution or competence? The SNP's re-election in 2011
The Scottish National Party's outright win in the Scottish Parliament election on 5 May 2011 confounded pre-election polls and commentaries as well as a (broadly) proportional electoral system which was held to minimise the risk of a Nationalist majority moving Scotland to independence. But an extraordinary result in historical context looks much more ordinary when we explore voters' attitudes and choices. According to data from the ESRC-funded Scottish Election Study 2011, the SNP won its majority for that most mundane of electoral reasons: most voters thought that the party would do a better job in office than its rivals, including its chief rival, the Labour Party.
Elections, Labour Party, Scottish National Party, Scottish Parliament, Valence
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Johns, Robert
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Mitchell, James
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Carman, Christopher J.
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April 2013
Johns, Robert
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Mitchell, James
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Carman, Christopher J.
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Johns, Robert, Mitchell, James and Carman, Christopher J.
(2013)
Constitution or competence? The SNP's re-election in 2011.
Political Studies, 61 (S1), .
(doi:10.1111/1467-9248.12016).
Abstract
The Scottish National Party's outright win in the Scottish Parliament election on 5 May 2011 confounded pre-election polls and commentaries as well as a (broadly) proportional electoral system which was held to minimise the risk of a Nationalist majority moving Scotland to independence. But an extraordinary result in historical context looks much more ordinary when we explore voters' attitudes and choices. According to data from the ESRC-funded Scottish Election Study 2011, the SNP won its majority for that most mundane of electoral reasons: most voters thought that the party would do a better job in office than its rivals, including its chief rival, the Labour Party.
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Published date: April 2013
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Elections, Labour Party, Scottish National Party, Scottish Parliament, Valence
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