How does being an electoral winner or loser shape a citizens satisfaction with democracy? More importantly, how does the voters institutional context moderate this relationship? In this paper, I demonstrate that the institutional context of a democracy interacts with a citizens national- level electoral loser status to moderate the relationship between the individuals status as a loser and her satisfaction with democracy in her country. I also explore the way winning and losing at different levels of representation interact to formulate satisfaction with democracy. Using cross-sectional survey data from the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems nested in 75 different country-election year cases over the time period of 1996 to 2012, I find mixed evidence that electoral losers are more likely to be satisfied with democracy when their chosen party is more favored by the party vote/seat share discrepancy. Unlike losing voters, winning voters do not appear to be more or less likely to be satisfied based on the vote/seat discrepancy. I also find mixed support for the idea that winning at the national level produces greater satisfaction than winning at the district level.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LSU/oai:etd.lsu.edu:etd-06072017-160449 |
| Date | 13 June 2017 |
| Creators | Knott, Casey Newman |
| Contributors | Kerevel, Yann, Tirone, Daniel, Garand, James |
| Publisher | LSU |
| Source Sets | Louisiana State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-06072017-160449/ |
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