Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Week 8: Two-Party System (Hindmoor: D's MVT and New Labour: parties…
Week 8: Two-Party System
Cini: institutional, socio-cultural and historical factors matter in the creation of a 2-party system in Malta
-
Socio-cultural
-
-
Class: MLP supports working class, which is traditionally pro-British
History of party origins
MLP: Pro-British roots, labour rights, anti-joining EU
NP: pro-Italian roots, elite interests, pro-joining EU
The importance of the village: villages have strong party loyalties depending on the class, language and religion --> and these local level political preferences translate into support for the 2 main parties at the national level
-
-
Hindmoor: D's MVT and New Labour: parties can persuade voters to change their beliefs instead of parties changing their policies
DMVT
When there are 2 vote maximising parties in a LR ideological spectrum, parties will converge upon the position of the median voter in order to maximise votes.
The median voter is one whose preferences are such that there are as many voters to their left as well as their right
There is uncertainty because voters are not able to collect all the information about parties and policies
-
-
-
-