Partisanship, national identity and constitutional preference : an exploration of voting in the Scottish devolution referendum
Mitchell, James and Pattie, C. and Denver, D. and Bochel, H. (1999) Partisanship, national identity and constitutional preference : an exploration of voting in the Scottish devolution referendum. Electoral Studies, 18. 305 - 322. ISSN 0261-3794 (https://doi.org/10.1016/S0261-3794(98)00054-7)
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The Scottish devolution referendum of September 1997 was a rare event in British politics. The question of Scotland's constitutional position has been a salient issue in Scottish politics for some time, however, and survey evidence shows that electors' preferences on the issue are strongly related to their partisanship and sense of national identity. Electors' participation in the referendum was influenced by the same sorts of factors that affect turnout in general elections but also varied according to the strength of their feelings on the devolution issue. Partisanship and national identity also appear to be the key variables underlying voters' decisions on both referendum questions.
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Item type: Article ID code: 36203 Dates: DateEvent1999PublishedSubjects: Political Science > Political institutions (Europe) > Scotland Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Government and Public Policy > Politics Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 02 Dec 2011 12:51 Last modified: 11 Apr 2024 13:45 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/36203