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Schuermann, Lennart and Stier, Sebastian (2023). Who Represents the Constituency? Online Political Communication by Members of Parliament in the German Mixed-Member Electoral System. Legis. Stud. Q., 48 (1). S. 219 - 235. HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1939-9162

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Abstract

Members of parliament (MPs) are elected via two different tiers in mixed-member electoral systems-as winners of a seat in a constituency or as party candidates under proportional rules. While previous research has identified important consequences of this mandate divide in parliaments, questions remain how this institutional setup affects MPs' political behavior in other arenas. Analyzing more than one million social media posts, this article investigates regional representation in the online communication of German MPs. The results show that MPs elected under a direct mandate refer approximately twice as often to their constituencies by using regionalized wording and geographic references than MPs elected under the proportional tier. The substantive findings provide new evidence for the benefits of mixed-member electoral systems for political representation while the methodological approach demonstrates the added value of social media data for analyzing the political behavior of elites.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Schuermann, Lennart UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Stier, Sebastian UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-662999
DOI:	10.1111/lsq.12379
Journal or Publication Title:	Legis. Stud. Q.
Volume:	48
Number:	1
Page Range:	S. 219 - 235
Date:	2023
Publisher:	WILEY
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1939-9162
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language DISTRICT; FACEBOOK; MPS Multiple languages Political Science Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/66299