RT Journal Article
T1 The Impact of Regional and National Leaders in Subnational Elections in Spain: Evidence from Andalusian Regional Elections
A1 Ortega Villodres, Carmen
A1 Recuero López, Fátima
A1 Trujillo, José Manuel
A1 Oñate Rubalcaba, Pablo
K1 Political leadership
K1 Regional leaders
K1 National leaders
K1 Subnational elections
K1 Regional elections
K1 Vote
K1 Spain
K1 Andalusia
AB Democracies have experienced two trends in the last decades: the growing personalization of politics and the increasing relevance of regions in the political process. This article addresses these trends by posing two questions: Do political leaders influence the vote in regional elections? Do regional party leaders have a larger impact on voter preferences than their national counterparts in regional elections? To answer these questions, we analyzed five regional elections held in Andalusia between 2004 and 2018. The results show that both national and regional leaders matter in regional elections. However, the effect of national and regional leaders is “conditioned” by the characteristics of the leaders themselves, their respective parties, and citizens’ party attachments. Additionally, there is no clear evidence that the type of relationship between national and regional leaders of the same party—cohesion-like or confrontation-like—and the electoral context variables may affect the voting decision in multi-level government systems.
PB Oxford University Press
YR 2021
FD 2021-02-27
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/27294
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/27294
LA en
NO Carmen Ortega, Fátima Recuero, José Manuel Trujillo, Pablo Oñate, The Impact of Regional and National Leaders in Subnational Elections in Spain: Evidence from Andalusian Regional Elections, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Volume 52, Issue 1, Winter 2022, Pages 133–153, https://doi.org/10.1093/publius/pjaa040
NO Universidad Pablo de Olavide. Departamento de Derecho Público
DS RIO
RD Aug 5, 2026