Voters in Multi-level Political Arena

Analysis of Importance of Party

Abstract

This article analyzes how multi-level political arena affect the importance of the party to voters. There are six types of elections in Japan. These elections interact with each other. This article tries to explore multi-level political arena considering the existence of multiple elections. In previous studies, there are few analyses that consider multiple elections. The analysis using the survey data reveals that multi-level political arena affect the importance of the party to voters. More specifically, this article reveals the effects of the upper house election and the gubernatorial election.