Are there any benefits to divided parliamentary parties?

Merkley, Eric (2019) Are there any benefits to divided parliamentary parties? Democratic Audit Blog (07 Feb 2019). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Intra-party dissent is generally considered a bad thing – for parties seeking power and for voters wishing to make sense of political conflicts. However, using a survey experiment to test people’s responses to different forms of intra-party policy disputes, Eric Merkley finds that there are circumstances in which voters find moderate divisions useful as cues for evaluating policy choices in light of their own preferences.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://www.democraticaudit.com/
Additional Information:	© 2019 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Date Deposited:	06 Jan 2021 20:03
Last Modified:	11 Sep 2025 13:03
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/108084

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