Politics and Governance (Open Access Journal)

Table of Contents

• Introduction: How Different Were the European Elections of 2014?
• The Choice of Spitzenkandidaten: A Comparative Analysis of the Europarties’
• The Spitzenkandidaten in the European Parliament Election Campaign Coverage 2014 in Germany, France, and the United Kingdom
• Evaluations of the Spitzenkandidaten: The Role of Information and News Exposure in Citizens’ Preference Formation
• Debating Europe: Effects of the “Eurovision Debate” on EU Attitudes of  Young German Voters and the Moderating Role Played by Political Involvement
• Cross Road Elections: Change in EU Performance Evaluations during the European Parliament Elections 2014
• Has Eurosceptic Mobilization Become More Contagious? Comparing the 2009 and 2014 EP Election Campaigns in The Netherlands and France
• The Impact of the Explosion of EU News on Voter Choice in the 2014 EU Elections
• Looking for the European Voter: Split-Ticket Voting in the Belgian Regional and European Elections of 2009 and 2014
• Voting at National versus European Elections: An Individual Level Test of the Second Order Paradigm for the 2014 European Parliament Elections
• Context Matters: Economic Voting in the 2009 and 2014 European Parliament Elections
• European Parliament Elections of May 2014: Driven by National Politics or EU Policy Making?