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Policy Positions, Issue Importance, and Party Competition in New Democracies

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This article examines the dynamics of vote redistribution after new party entry in the context of East European democracies. Contrary to the dominant institutional and sociological approaches, the author focuses on the (strategic) policy choices of the new contestants. The author argues that a new party's choice about where to place itself in relation to existing parties and which issues to emphasize can determine its electoral success or failure. Aggregate and individual-level analyses confirm this argument. The findings underline the importance of policy-based party competition in the region. As a broader theoretical contribution, the study underscores the relevance of issue importance, and not just party issue positions, in political competition.

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Comparative Political Studies

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California : Sage Publications., 2008

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English

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0010-4140

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Vol. 41, No. 1, January 2008. Page 48-72

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Electoral volatility
Party system stabilization
New parties
Spatial elections
Postcommunist
Issue importance
Policy Positions, Issue Importance

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