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bipartisan context. We argue that when there is a dominant party on one side of the political spectrum with a strong link with a media outlet, voters treat attacks
against a co-partisan candidate as friendly fire. But when there is a fragmented opposition, we expect that the strength of the signal conveyed by the friendly fire is
diminished. Based on a survey experiment conducted in Argentina, we find the fragmented nature of the opposition changes the dynamic of friendly fire. Only
partisan and sophisticated opposition voters treat attacks on opposition candidates as friendly fire. These voters are better able to overcome the lack of clear partisan
link with the opposition newspaper and punish their co-partisan candidate.
| Idioma original | English |
|---|---|
| Páginas (desde-hasta) | 100 |
| Número de páginas | 121 |
| Publicación | Electoral Studies |
| Volumen | 60 |
| DOI | |
| Estado | Published - ago 2019 |
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Under friendly fire: An experiment on partisan press, fragmented opposition and voting behavior. / Botero, Sandra; Castro, Rodrigo; Gamboa, Laura ; Nickersone, David W. ; Pavãod, Nara .
En: Electoral Studies, Vol. 60, 08.2019, p. 100.Resultado de la investigación: Contribución a Revista › Artículo
TY - JOUR
T1 - Under friendly fire: An experiment on partisan press, fragmented opposition and voting behavior
AU - Botero, Sandra
AU - Castro, Rodrigo
AU - Gamboa, Laura
AU - Nickersone, David W.
AU - Pavãod, Nara
PY - 2019/8
Y1 - 2019/8
N2 - Statements in which a one-sided partisan media source criticizes a politician aligned with it—friendly fire—are particularly persuasive. This literature assumes abipartisan context. We argue that when there is a dominant party on one side of the political spectrum with a strong link with a media outlet, voters treat attacksagainst a co-partisan candidate as friendly fire. But when there is a fragmented opposition, we expect that the strength of the signal conveyed by the friendly fire isdiminished. Based on a survey experiment conducted in Argentina, we find the fragmented nature of the opposition changes the dynamic of friendly fire. Onlypartisan and sophisticated opposition voters treat attacks on opposition candidates as friendly fire. These voters are better able to overcome the lack of clear partisanlink with the opposition newspaper and punish their co-partisan candidate.
AB - Statements in which a one-sided partisan media source criticizes a politician aligned with it—friendly fire—are particularly persuasive. This literature assumes abipartisan context. We argue that when there is a dominant party on one side of the political spectrum with a strong link with a media outlet, voters treat attacksagainst a co-partisan candidate as friendly fire. But when there is a fragmented opposition, we expect that the strength of the signal conveyed by the friendly fire isdiminished. Based on a survey experiment conducted in Argentina, we find the fragmented nature of the opposition changes the dynamic of friendly fire. Onlypartisan and sophisticated opposition voters treat attacks on opposition candidates as friendly fire. These voters are better able to overcome the lack of clear partisanlink with the opposition newspaper and punish their co-partisan candidate.
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261379418304724?via%3Dihub
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2019.04.008
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2019.04.008
M3 - Artículo
VL - 60
SP - 100
JO - Electoral Studies
JF - Electoral Studies
SN - 0261-3794
ER -