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Voters do not punish their government for climate policies under favorable conditions.

Authors :
Henriks, Sofia
Harring, Niklas
Droste, Nils
Source :
Environmental Politics. Jul2024, p1-24. 24p. 7 Illustrations.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

This article investigates the impact of climate policies on electoral support for governing parties in Sweden through mixed methods combining a sentiment analysis of news articles and regression discontinuities of voter support over time. The regression discontinuity models indicate that the effects of climate policies on government support are not robust and are spurious across different model specifications. To ensure that we can detect effects, we used a set of political events that could have affected government support, such as elections and the Covid-pandemic as robustness checks. Contrary to expectations from literature and analyzed news reporting, we cannot determine robust effects of introducing climate policies on governmental support in Sweden. This suggests that governments do not need to anticipate losing substantial support when implementing climate policies – at least in favorable conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
09644016
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Environmental Politics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
178455868
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2024.2373606