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Partisanship and Party System Institutionalization

Russell J. Dalton

University of California, Irvine, rdalton{at}uci.edu

Steven Weldon

Department of Political Science, University of South Carolina, Weldon{at}gwm.sc.edu

Party identification, the psychological bond between citizens and a political party, is one of the central variables in understanding political behavior. This article argues that such party ties are also a measure of party system institutionalization from the standpoint of the public. We apply Converse’s model of partisan learning to 36 nations surveyed as part of the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems. We find that electoral experience and parental socialization are strong sources of partisanship, but the third-wave democracies also display evidence of latent socialization carried over from the old regime. The results suggest that party identities can develop in new democracies if the party system creates the conditions to develop these bonds.

Key Words: elections • party identification • party institutionalization • party systems • political socialization • voting

Party Politics, Vol. 13, No. 2, 179-196 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1354068807073856
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