Local voters have their reasons. Mapping voting motives in local elections in Belgium

How the electorate determines its vote is one of the most studied but still much contested questions in political science. Contemporary assertions point to the interaction between predisposition and information affected by long and short term (contextual) factors. Given this complex decisional environment, attention should be given to how voters ultimately interpret their own electoral choice. This refers to the subjective perception and expression of the vote. Existing research shows this is a mixture of knowledge and judgement, attitude and conviction, perception and intuition. To determine... Mehr ...