Does disability affect support for political parties?

Jones, Melanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0535-8090 and Scott, Ralph 2024. Does disability affect support for political parties? Electoral Studies: An International Journal on Voting and Electoral Systems and Strategy 92 , 102881. 10.1016/j.electstud.2024.102881

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Abstract

While it is well-established that disability reduces the probability of electoral turnout, far less is known about the relationship between disability and support for particular political parties. Using nationally representative longitudinal data from Understanding Society we explore the relationship between disability and party support in England and Wales along left-right and protest dimensions. Consistent with our hypotheses, analysis of cross-sectional data suggests that, after accounting for demographic characteristics, disabled people are significantly less likely to support parties to the right and more likely to support protest parties. In contrast, however, after accounting for time invariant individual unobserved heterogeneity using panel data methods, we find no evidence of a relationship between disability and left-right party support, and far less evidence of a relationship with protest parties. We discuss and attempt to reconcile these findings.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0261-3794
Funders:	ESRC
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	22 November 2024
Date of Acceptance:	12 November 2024
Last Modified:	22 Nov 2024 12:34
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/173994

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