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Party Competition and Coalition Government at the Regional Level: The Effect on Citizen Satisfaction
Unformatted Document Text:  2 Abstract Theory: Majoritarian and proportional visions of democracy value party compe- tition and coalition government differently. The majoritarian vision puts a premium on decisive, accountable one-party government; the proportional vision emphasizes the better representativeness attained by coalitions. Data: Using election and survey data from German and Spanish regions, this pa- per compares coalitions to one-party cabinets and different coalition governments to each other. Ideological polarization within cabinets is measured using expert scores. Results: The analysis demonstrates that citizens of German and Spanish regions evaluate one-party governments more favorably than coalitions, all else equal. In the German case, citizen satisfaction also correlates negatively with cabinet polar- ization. Conclusion: The findings imply that government effectiveness and cohesion matter more than ideology and interest representation at the regional level, and supports the theory of a trade-off between representativeness and implementation.

Authors: Tvinnereim, Endre.
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Abstract
Theory: Majoritarian and proportional visions of democracy value party compe-
tition and coalition government differently. The majoritarian vision puts a premium
on decisive, accountable one-party government; the proportional vision emphasizes
the better representativeness attained by coalitions.
Data: Using election and survey data from German and Spanish regions, this pa-
per compares coalitions to one-party cabinets and different coalition governments
to each other. Ideological polarization within cabinets is measured using expert
scores.
Results: The analysis demonstrates that citizens of German and Spanish regions
evaluate one-party governments more favorably than coalitions, all else equal. In
the German case, citizen satisfaction also correlates negatively with cabinet polar-
ization.
Conclusion: The findings imply that government effectiveness and cohesion matter
more than ideology and interest representation at the regional level, and supports
the theory of a trade-off between representativeness and implementation.


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