Toward electoral (ir)relevance of moral traditionalism?: Religious decline and voting in Western Europe (1981–2017)

This article tests two contrasting hypotheses about changes in the electoral relevance of moral traditionalism-progressiveness, which pertains to attitudes toward matters of procreation, sexuality, and family and gender roles. While the "cultural turn" literature expects the electoral rele...

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Authors: Pless, Anna (Author) ; Tromp, Paul (Author) ; Houtman, Dick 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2023
In: Politics and religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Pages: 324-345
Further subjects:B cultural politics
B Voting
B Conservative parties
B moral traditionalism–progressiveness
B Secularization
B religious parties
B Western Europe
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