The media play an important role during national election campaigns. The degree to which news organizations are active stakeholders in a campaign varies. For more on this topic, see:
de Vreese, C. H. (2001). Election coverage – new directions for public broadcasting: The Netherlands and beyond. European Journal of Communication 16, 2, 155-179.
A key feature of today's electoral processes is vote switching. Voters more often change party between elections. In a study of this phenomenon, drawing on unique between-election panel data, the characteristics of vote switchers are analyzed (with Kasper Moeller Hansen and Rune Slothuus). The study is forthcoming in an edited volume on the 2005 general elections in Denmark.