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Do electoral candidates reflect or select campaign issues? : the influence of electoral manifestos on online communication
Berger, Valentin; Jäger, Felix (2023): „Do electoral candidates reflect or select campaign issues? : the influence of electoral manifestos on online communication“. London: SAGE Publications doi: 10.1177/13540688231194704.
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Party politics : an international journal for the study of political parties and political organizations
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1354-0688
1460-3683
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Year of publication:
2023
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Online First
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English
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This article investigates the influence of electoral manifestos on the online communication of electoral candidates. Our study addresses electoral candidates’ conflict between party discipline and individual issue prioritisation. Building on the salience framework, we examine the thematic congruence between manifestos and online communication. Moreover, we test which issues are emphasised during the 2017 German federal election campaign. To this end, we created an original topic dictionary based on party manifestos. Applying the dictionary, we classify 143,969 tweets by 797 candidates. Our analyses demonstrate that manifestos shape the online communication of electoral candidates substantially. The findings show that electoral candidates of left–wing parties focus on core issues over time. Our results not only highlight the authority of party leadership, but also suggest that politicians do not tap the whole potential of online communication.
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Deutschland
Geschichte 2017
Bundestagswahl
Kandidat
Wahlprogramm
Politische Kampagne
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online communication
manifesto
salience
electoral candidates
campaign
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Article
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November 21, 2023
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