Against Bipartyism, towards dealignment?: The 2014 European Election in Spain

• Autores: Guillermo Cordero García, José Ramón Montero Gibert
• Localización: The 2014 European Parliament elections in Southern Europe: Still second-order or critical contests? / Hermann Schmitt (ed. lit.), Eftichia Teperoglou (ed. lit.), 2016, ISBN 9781138656895, págs. 71-93
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The 2014 European Parliament (EP) election in Spain took place in a context of deep economic recession and distrust of political institutions. These conditions triggered and unprecedent electoral response through which Podemos, a radical leftist party created shortly before the election, obtained eight per cent of votes and gaines electoral momentum thereafter, seriously threatening the two-party-plus system. Using data from a panel survey, our analyses reveal some unexpected findings. The intensity of protest voting and the timing of the contest within the national electoral cycle have had a major impact on national politics - with the posibility of eventually producing a party-system change.