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Taking cues from the government: heuristic versus systematic processing in a constitutional referendum

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2020
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De Angelis, A., Colombo, C., & Morisi, D. (2020). Taking cues from the government: heuristic versus systematic processing in a constitutional referendum. West European Politics, 43(4), 845–868. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2019.1633836

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One of the main criticisms of direct democracy is that it places excessive demands on voters. Are citizens competent enough to vote directly on policy issues? When stakes are high, do citizens mainly follow elites’ signals or do they decide in line with their issue preferences? This article addresses these questions in a multi-method setting by combining observational and experimental data from an original three-wave panel survey conducted during the 2016 Italian constitutional referendum. In particular, Finite Mixture Models are empl

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43

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4

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845

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868

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political science, international relations, political psychology, referendum voting, dual process theory, finite mixture models, survey experiment

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English

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2020-05

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2021-10-14

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0140-2382

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De Angelis, A., Colombo, C., & Morisi, D. (2020). Taking cues from the government: heuristic versus systematic processing in a constitutional referendum. West European Politics, 43(4), 845–868. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2019.1633836

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