Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/220349 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
WZB Discussion Paper No. ZZ 2020-601
Publisher: 
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB), Berlin
Abstract: 
In this paper we analyze the 2019 EP elections from the voters' perspective. It is based on a novel post-electoral survey covering five North West European countries: Austria, Germany, France, Sweden and the UK. In particular we address the following questions: How important were the lead candidates in the election campaign? Which issues were most important for voters? How do these issues relate to voters' political preferences and ideological orientations? Our findings show that the Spitzenkandidaten process failed to effectively connect European party groups with their voters. Moreover, our analysis reveals that voters had clear issue priorities, which reflected, to a considerable extent, the new cleavage structure which has been shaping party competition in North West European countries in the last two decades.
Subjects: 
European Union
EP elections
lead candidates
public opinion
cleavages
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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