Voting Transitions in the 2019 Valencian Autonomous Community’s Elections

  1. Pavia, Jose M
  2. Cristina Aybar
Revista:
Debats: Revista de cultura, poder i societat

ISSN: 0212-0585,  2530-3074

Año de publicación: 2020

Número: 5

Páginas: 27-49

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.28939/IAM.DEBATS-EN.2020-2 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Otras publicaciones en: Debats: Revista de cultura, poder i societat

Resumen

The political fragmentation following the 2008 Financial Crisis and its economic, social, political and institutional fall-out have led to a growing left-right polarisation of politics and a weakening of the middle ground. The effective number of parliamentary parties is at an all-time high both in the Spanish Parliament (Congreso) and in the Valencian Autonomous Parliament (Corts). Voters are spoilt for choice and switch party more often. This paper uses transfer matrices to analyse the shifting voting patterns in the European, General, Regional, and Local elections held during 2019 in The Valencian Country. The most salient result is the ever-shifting pattern at each end of the political spectrum. On the right wing, there is the steady advance of Vox. On the left wing, UP and Compromís draw from virtually the same pool of fickle voters, with UP picking up most votes in national elections and Compromís winning hands-down in regional and local elections.

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