Issue Voting in Danish EU Referendums

TY - CHAP

T1 - Issue Voting in Danish EU Referendums

AU - Svensson, Palle

PY - 2021

Y1 - 2021

N2 - The Danish referendums on the Unified Patent Court in 2014 and on the Opt-Out on Justice and Home Affairs in 2015 were characterized by issue-voting, but the 2015 vote more so than the 2014 vote. Second-order effects were few and small. Very few used the opportunity to cast a vote against a government that they disliked. A large number of voters made up their mind well before the campaign started, and those who became doubtful because of the arguments advanced during the campaign ended up following the cues given by their preferred party, but in case of conflict with those cues relied on their own views and attitudes to the EU.

AB - The Danish referendums on the Unified Patent Court in 2014 and on the Opt-Out on Justice and Home Affairs in 2015 were characterized by issue-voting, but the 2015 vote more so than the 2014 vote. Second-order effects were few and small. Very few used the opportunity to cast a vote against a government that they disliked. A large number of voters made up their mind well before the campaign started, and those who became doubtful because of the arguments advanced during the campaign ended up following the cues given by their preferred party, but in case of conflict with those cues relied on their own views and attitudes to the EU.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85149634531&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-55803-1_33

DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-55803-1_33

M3 - Book chapter

SN - 978-3-030-55802-4

SP - 695

EP - 710

BT - The Palgrave Handbook of European Referendums

A2 - Smith, Julie

PB - Palgrave Macmillan

ER -