Moral foundations and voting intention in Italy
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Milesi, Patrizia
Abstract / Description
Based on the view of morality proposed by the Moral Foundations Theory, this paper investigates whether voting intention is associated with moral foundation endorsement in not perfectly bipolar electoral contexts. Three studies carried out in Italy from 2010 to 2013, showed that controlling for ideological orientation, moral foundation endorsement is associated with voting intention. In Study 1 and 3, in fictitious and real national elections, intention to vote for right-wing political groups rather than for left-wing rivals was associated with Sanctity, confirming previous results obtained in the U.S. Furthermore, as a function of the specific competing political groups in each of the examined contexts other moral foundations predicted voting intention. In Study 1, Care and Authority predicted voting intention for the major political groups rather than for an autonomist party that aimed at decreasing central government’s fiscal power in favor of fiscal regional autonomy. In Study 3, Loyalty predicted the intention to vote for the major parliamentarian parties rather than for a movement that aimed at capturing disaffection towards traditional politics. In Study 2, at real regional elections, Loyalty predicted voting intention for the incumbent right-wing governor rather than for the challengers and Fairness predicted voting intention for left-wing extra-parliamentarian political groups rather than for the major left-wing party. Thus multiple moral concerns can be associated with voting intention. In fragmented and unstable electoral contexts, at each election the context of the competing political groups may elicit specific moral concerns that can contribute to affect voting intention beyond ideological orientation.
Keyword(s)
moral foundations vote ideological orientation morality politicsPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2017-11-30
Journal title
Europe's Journal of Psychology
Volume
13
Issue
4
Page numbers
667–687
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
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publishedVersion
Review status
peerReviewed
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Citation
Milesi, P. (2017). Moral foundations and voting intention in Italy. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 13(4), 667–687. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v13i4.1391
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Milesi, Patrizia
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Date of first publication2017-11-30
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Abstract / DescriptionBased on the view of morality proposed by the Moral Foundations Theory, this paper investigates whether voting intention is associated with moral foundation endorsement in not perfectly bipolar electoral contexts. Three studies carried out in Italy from 2010 to 2013, showed that controlling for ideological orientation, moral foundation endorsement is associated with voting intention. In Study 1 and 3, in fictitious and real national elections, intention to vote for right-wing political groups rather than for left-wing rivals was associated with Sanctity, confirming previous results obtained in the U.S. Furthermore, as a function of the specific competing political groups in each of the examined contexts other moral foundations predicted voting intention. In Study 1, Care and Authority predicted voting intention for the major political groups rather than for an autonomist party that aimed at decreasing central government’s fiscal power in favor of fiscal regional autonomy. In Study 3, Loyalty predicted the intention to vote for the major parliamentarian parties rather than for a movement that aimed at capturing disaffection towards traditional politics. In Study 2, at real regional elections, Loyalty predicted voting intention for the incumbent right-wing governor rather than for the challengers and Fairness predicted voting intention for left-wing extra-parliamentarian political groups rather than for the major left-wing party. Thus multiple moral concerns can be associated with voting intention. In fragmented and unstable electoral contexts, at each election the context of the competing political groups may elicit specific moral concerns that can contribute to affect voting intention beyond ideological orientation.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationMilesi, P. (2017). Moral foundations and voting intention in Italy. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 13(4), 667–687. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v13i4.1391
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ISSN1841-0413
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1076
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1268
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v13i4.1391
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Keyword(s)moral foundationsen_US
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Keyword(s)voteen_US
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Keyword(s)ideological orientationen_US
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Keyword(s)moralityen_US
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Keyword(s)politicsen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleMoral foundations and voting intention in Italyen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue4
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Journal titleEurope's Journal of Psychology
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Page numbers667–687
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Volume13
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Visible tag(s)Version of Record