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‘Rewarding the Wealthy’ versus ‘Looking After the Poor’: Affective Perception of ‘Right’ and ‘Left’ by Candidates in the 2007 Irish General Elections

Maria Laura Sudulich, Matthew Wall Orcid Logo

Irish Political Studies, Volume: 25, Issue: 1, Pages: 95 - 106

Swansea University Author: Matthew Wall Orcid Logo

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This research examines cross‐party patterns of affective perception of the concepts of ‘left’ and ‘right’ by candidates in the 2007 Irish general election. This is done using original data collected in the 2007 Irish module of the Comparative Candidate Studies Project. The authors code candidates�...

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Published in: Irish Political Studies
ISSN: 0790-7184 1743-9078
Published: 2010
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13637
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Abstract: This research examines cross‐party patterns of affective perception of the concepts of ‘left’ and ‘right’ by candidates in the 2007 Irish general election. This is done using original data collected in the 2007 Irish module of the Comparative Candidate Studies Project. The authors code candidates' responses to an open‐ended question which asks them to describe what the terms ‘left’ and ‘right’ mean to them in contemporary politics as indicating either antipathy, neutrality or sympathy. They present a replicable methodology for measurement of this variable. They then analyse the cross‐party distribution of affective responses in the Irish system in the light of party positioning on the left–right dimension.
Keywords: Irish party system, ideological composition of parties
College: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Issue: 1
Start Page: 95
End Page: 106