Impact of Cleavages on Swiss Voting Behaviour

Andreas Goldberg is a post-doctoral researcher at the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam. Prior to that, he has worked as researcher at the University of Geneva, where he has received his PhD in political science in 2015. During his PhD he has also worked for the Swiss Electoral Studies Project at FORS, the Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences in Lausanne. His research interests include voting behaviour, participation and survey methods.

• Introduction.- Theory of Cleavage Voting.- Longitudinal Impact of Cleavages.- Impact Across Parties.- Contextual Approach of Voting.- Combined Approach in a Longitudinal and Contextual Perspective.- General Conclusion.- Appendix.- Online Appendix.