Gilljam, Mikael - In: Journal of Theoretical Politics 9 (1997) 1, pp. 5-12
The directional theory of issue voting - a new theory proposed by Rabinowitz and Macdonald - has, in a series of analyses, been shown to outperform the old Downsian proximity theory. This result has a very practical consequence: according to the directional theory, a centrist party cannot expect...