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Article Dans Une Revue Contemporary Italian Politics Année : 2014

Neither First Nor Second Order: The 2013 Regional and Local Elections

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In 2013, Italian voters were called to the ballot boxes not only to renew Parliament but also to elect about 600 local councils. In several cases, serious political scandals had led to early elections. An analysis of electoral supply, campaigns, and results suggests the emergence of an ambivalent pattern: on the one hand, regional and local elections appear to be “second order” if we look at the level of turnout; on the other hand, they appear to be “first order” if we look at party/coalition preferences. Except in highly regionalized party systems (e.g., in Valle d'Aosta, Alto Adige/Südtirol, and Trentino), mainstream parties/coalitions performed better in regional/local elections than in the national election. The victory of the center-left coalition and the bipolar dynamic of competition appeared to be stronger at the sub-national level than at the national one.

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hal-04481176 , version 1 (27-02-2024)

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Emanuele Massetti, Giulia Sandri. Neither First Nor Second Order: The 2013 Regional and Local Elections. Contemporary Italian Politics, 2014, 29 (1), ⟨10.3167/ip.2014.290105⟩. ⟨hal-04481176⟩
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