Are politicians democratic realists?

Political scientists have long debated whether citizens meet the expectations of a ‘folk theory’ of democratic representation, in which voters correctly reward and punish politicians for their actions, make choices primarily on the basis of policy preferences and orient their decisions to the future...

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Veröffentlicht in:European journal of political research 2024-11, Vol.63 (4), p.1426-1444
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