The Impact of Age on De-ideologization of Japanese Voters

• TAKENAKA Yoshihiko

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 保革イデオロギーの影響力低下と年齢
• ホカク イデオロギー ノ エイキョウリョク テイカ ト ネンレイ

Abstract

Against the background of descriptions that conservative-progressive ideology is no longer relevant to contemporary Japanese politics, this study reports a notable generational difference in ideology. Classifying the sample according to age, I examine (a) voters' self-location on the ideological scale, (b) the consistency between voter attitudes toward different issues, and (c) the correlation between voters' ideological self-location and the ideological position of the party they support or voted for. Analyzing data from the 2013 JIGS Voter survey, 2010 JES IV survey, and 1983 JES survey, I find that younger cohorts are characterized by (1) lower awareness of ideology, with those who are cognizant more inclined to locate themselves on the progressive side; (2) lower consistency between attitudes toward different issues; (3) lower correlation between ideological self-location and the ideological position of their preferred party.

Journal

• Japanese Journal of Electoral Studies

  Japanese Journal of Electoral Studies 30 (2), 5-18, 2014

  Japanese Association of Electoral Studies

Details

• CRID: 1390282680279321472
• NII Article ID: 130006334323
• NII Article ID: 40020345049
• NII Book ID: AN10035687
• DOI: 10.14854/jaes.30.2_5
• ISSN: 18840353
• ISSN: 09123512
• NDL BIB ID: 026071023
• Web Site: http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/026071023
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I026071023
• Text Lang: ja
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