Voting behaviour - Sociological models of voting

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What is the minimal effects argument?

Election campaigns reinforce voters' beliefs rather than change them

What is the sociological model of voting?

The importance of group attachment in shaping political identities and behaviour

What is the scope of Lipset and Rokkans frozen systems?

They claim that the national and industrial revolutions of the recent centuries generated a series of political cleavages, namely a centre-periphery, church-state, urban-rural and owner-worker
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Voorspellingen over politieke cleavages en stemgedrag per cleavage

1. Owners en workers: meest influenteel, werkers stemmen eerder democratisch.
2. Church en state: Belangrijkste in Europa,  mensen met sterke banden met geloof stemmen gelovig of conservatief
3. Elite vs Urban: door elite kwam conservatief die krijgen meer stemmen in rural areas t.o.v. Urban
4. Center-periphery: mensen die meer periphery zijn stemmen meer op regionale nationalistische partijen

What is party identification?

A durable and affective (meaning emotional component) attachment to a political party

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