Publications

Articles

Guntermann, Eric and Romain Lachat (2021). ‘Policy preferences influence vote choice when a new party emerges: Evidence from the 2017 French Presidential election’. Political Studies, online first.

Blais, André, Damien Bol, Shaun Bowler, David M. Farrell, Annika Fredén, Martial Foucault, Emmanuel Heisbourg, Romain Lachat, Ignacio Lago, Peter J. Loewen, Miroslav Nemcok, Jean-Benoit Pilet and Carolina Plescia (2021). ‘What Kind of Electoral Outcome do People Think is Good for Democracy?’. Political Studies, online first.

Kritzinger, Sylvia, Martial Foucault, Romain Lachat, Julia Partheymüller, Carolina Plescia and Sylvain Brouard (2021). ‘“Rally round the flag”: the COVID-19 crisis and trust in the national government’. West European Politics 44(5-6): 1205-1231.

Vrânceanu, Alina and Romain Lachat (2021). ‘Do parties influence public opinion on immigration? Evidence from Europe’. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties 31(1): 1–21.

Selb, Peter, Sascha Göbel and Romain Lachat (2020). ‘How to Poll Runoff Elections’, Public Opinion Quarterly 84(3): 776–787.

De Sio, Lorenzo and Romain Lachat (2020). ‘Issue competition in Western Europe: an introduction’. West European Politics 43(3): 509–517.

Lachat, Romain and Elie Michel (2020). ‘Disruption or re-configuration? Issue competition in the French 2017 election’. West European Politics 43(3): 565–586.

De Sio, Lorenzo and Romain Lachat (2020). ‘Making sense of party strategy innovation: Challenge to ideology and conflict mobilization as dimensions of party competition’. West European Politics 43(3): 688–719.

Vasilopoulos, Pavlos and Romain Lachat (2018). ‘Authoritarianism and political choice in France’. Acta Politica 53(4): 612–634.

Lachat, Romain (2018). ‘Which way from left to right? On the relation between voters’ issue preferences and left-right orientation in West European democracies’. International Political Science Review 39(4): 419–435.

Lachat, Romain and Aiko Wagner (2018). ‘How party characteristics drive voters’ evaluation criteria’. Electoral Studies 55: 11–20.

Lachat, Romain and Hanspeter Kriesi (2015). ‘"Voluntary PR Voting" in the Election of Swiss Regional Governments’. Swiss Political Science Review 21(3): 419-436 (Link to the article).

Lachat, Romain (2015). ‘The role of party identification in spatial models of voting choice’. Political Science Research and Methods 3(3): 641-658 (Link to the article).

Lachat, Romain, André Blais and Ignacio Lago (2015). ‘Assessing the Mechanical and Psychological Effects of District Magnitude’. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties 25(3): 284-299 (Link to the article).

Lachat, Romain (2014). ‘Issue ownership and the vote: The effects of associative and competence ownership on issue voting’. Swiss Political Science Review 20(4): 727-740 (Link to the article).

Lachat, Romain, Georg Lutz and Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen (2014). ‘The 2011 Swiss Elections: Introduction’. Swiss Political Science Review 20(4): 515-519 (Link to the article).

Lachat, Romain (2011). ‘Electoral Competitiveness and Issue Voting’. Political Behavior 33(4): 645-663 (Link to the article). (Supplementary material available here.)

Blais, André, Romain Lachat, Airo Hino and Pascal Doray-Demers (2011). ‘The mechanical and psychological effects of electoral systems: A quasi-experimental study’. Comparative Political Studies 44(12): 1599-1621 (Link to the article). (Article and online appendix available here.)

Lachat, Romain and Peter Selb (2010). ‘Strategic Overshooting in National Council Elections’. Swiss Political Science Review 16(3): 481-498 (Link to the article).

Selb, Peter and Romain Lachat (2009). ‘The more, the better? Counterfactual evidence on the effect of compulsory voting on the consistency of party choice’. European Journal of Political Research 48(5): 573-597 (Link to the article). (Supplementary material available here.)

Bornschier, Simon and Romain Lachat (2009). ‘The evolution of the French political space and party system’. West European Politics 32(2): 360-383 (Link to the article).

Lachat, Romain (2008). ‘The impact of party polarization on ideological voting’. Electoral Studies 27(4): 687-698 (Link to the article).

Lachat, Romain (2006). ‘A tale of two Councils. Explaining the weakness of the SVP in the upper house of the Federal Parliament’. Swiss Political Science Review 12(4): 77–99 (Link to the article).

Kriesi, Hanspeter, Edgar Grande, Romain Lachat, Martin Dolezal, Simon Bornschier and Timotheos Frey (2006). ‘Globalization and the transformation of the national political space: six European countries compared’. European Journal of Political Research 45(6): 921–956 (Link to the article).

Sciarini, Pascal, Thanh-Huyen Ballmer-Cao and Romain Lachat (2001). ‘Genre, âge et participation politique. Les élections fédérales de 1995 dans le canton de Genève’. Swiss Political Science Review 7(3) : 83–98. (Download)

Lachat, Romain (2000). ‘L’influence des campagnes politiques sur le vote. Le cas des élections suisses de 1995’. Swiss Political Science Review 6(4): 51–73. (Download)

Books

De Sio, Lorenzo and Romain Lachat (eds) (2021). Conflict Mobilisation or Problem-Solving? Issue Competition in Western Europe. London: Routledge.

Kriesi, Hanspeter, Edgar Grande, Romain Lachat, Martin Dolezal, Simon Bornschier and Timotheos Frey (2008). West European Politics in the Age of Globalization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Lachat, Romain (2007). A Heterogeneous Electorate: Political sophistication, predisposition strength, and the voting decision process. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag. (The online appendix is available here)

Kriesi, Hanspeter, Romain Lachat, Peter Selb, Simon Bornschier and Marc Helbling (eds) (2005). Der Aufstieg der SVP. Acht Kantone im Vergleich. Zürich: NZZ Verlag.

Book chapters, short monographs, book reviews

Lachat, Romain and Eftichia Teperoglou (2021). “Institutional and Party System Effects”, in Hermann Schmitt, Paolo Segatti and Cees van der Eijk (eds). Consequences of Context: How the Social, Political, and Economic Environment Affects Voting. London: Rowman & Littlefield.

Lachat, Romain (2019). Book Review: Reforming Democracy. Institutional Engineering in Western Europe, by Camille Bedock. Revue Française de Science Politique 69(3): 513-514.

Lachat, Romain (2019). “Party strategies, institutions, and electoral system effects”, in Peter John Loewen and Daniel Rubenson (eds). Duty and Choice: The Evolution of the Study of Voting and Voters. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, pp. 237-256.

Lachat, Romain (2019). “France: Setting the stage for 2022”, in Lorenzo De Sio, Mark N. Franklin and Luana Russo (eds). The European Parliament Elections of 2019. Rome: Luiss University Press, pp. 141-146.

Lachat, Romain (2018). “Associative Issue Ownership and Candidate Preferences in the 2017 French Presidential Election”, in Brigid Laffan and Lorenzo Cicchi (eds). 2017: Europe's Bumper Year of Elections. San Domenico di Fiesole: European University Institute, pp. 223-239.

Van der Straeten, Karine, Romain Lachat and Jean-François Laslier (2018). “Strategic Voting in Multi-Winner Elections with Approval Balloting: An Application to the 2011 Regional Government Election in Zurich”, in John Aldrich, André Blais, and Laura Stephenson (eds). The Many Faces of Strategic Voting: Tactical Behavior in Electoral Systems Around the World. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, pp. 178-202.

Lachat, Romain (2017). ‘Value Cleavages’, in Kai Arzheimer, Jocelyn Evans and Michael S. Lewis-Beck (eds). The Sage Handbook of Electoral Behaviour. London: Sage, pp. 561-583.

Lachat, Romain (2017). Book Review: Routledge Handbook of European Elections, edited by Donatella M. Viola. Journal of Common Market Studies 55(1): 154.

Lachat, Romain (2015). ‘Leader effects and party polarization’, in Marina Costa Lobo and John Curtice (eds). Personality Politics? The Role of Leader Evaluations in Democratic Elections. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 105-123.

Lachat, Romain, Hanspeter Kriesi, Edgar Grande, Martin Dolezal, Simon Bornschier and Timotheos Frey (2013). ‘Reflections: Globalization and the transformation of the national political space’, European Journal of Political Research, 40th Anniversary Virtual Issue.

Lachat, Romain (2009). Book Review: The Economy and the Vote, by Wouter van der Brug, Cees van der Eijk, and Mark Franklin. Acta Politica 44(1): 118-121.

Kriesi, Hanspeter, Edgar Grande, Romain Lachat, Martin Dolezal, Simon Bornschier and Timotheos Frey (2008). ‘Globalization and its impact on national spaces of competition’, in Kriesi, Hanspeter et al. West European Politics in the Age of Globalization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 3-22.

Lachat, Romain (2008). ‘Switzerland: Another case of transformation driven by an established party’, in Kriesi, Hanspeter et al. West European Politics in the Age of Globalization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 130-153.

Lachat, Romain and Martin Dolezal (2008). ‘Demand side: Dealignment and realignment of the structural political potentials’, in Kriesi, Hanspeter et al. West European Politics in the Age of Globalization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 237-266.

Lachat, Romain and Hanspeter Kriesi (2008). ‘Supply side: The positioning of the political parties in a restructuring space’, in Kriesi, Hanspeter et al. West European Politics in the Age of Globalization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 267-295.

Lachat, Romain (2008). ‘The electoral consequences of the integration-demarcation cleavage’, in Kriesi, Hanspeter et al. West European Politics in the Age of Globalization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 296-319.

Lachat, Romain (2008). ‘Technical appendix’, in Kriesi, Hanspeter et al. West European Politics in the Age of Globalization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 344-365.

Lachat, Romain and Peter Selb (2005). ‘Schweiz’, in Hanspeter Kriesi, Romain Lachat, Peter Selb, Simon Bornschier and Marc Helbling (eds). Der Aufstieg der SVP. Acht Kantone im Vergleich. Zürich: NZZ Verlag, pp. 41–58.

Lachat, Romain and Peter Selb (2005). ‘Kantonaler Vergleich’, in Hanspeter Kriesi, Romain Lachat, Peter Selb, Simon Bornschier and Marc Helbling (eds). Der Aufstieg der SVP. Acht Kantone im Vergleich. Zürich: NZZ Verlag, pp. 237–255.

Selb, Peter and Romain Lachat (2004). Wahlen 2003. Die Entwicklung des Wahlverhaltens. Zürich: Institut für Politikwissenschaft. (Download: German, French, or Italian version)

Lachat, Romain (2003). ‘La formation des intentions de vote: Les effets de conversion et d’activation’, in Pascal Sciarini, Sibylle Hardmeier and Adrian Vatter (eds). Schweizer Wahlen 1999. Bern: Haupt, pp. 369–393.

Lachat, Romain and Pascal Sciarini (2002). ‘When do campaigns matter, and to whom?’, in David M. Farrell and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (eds). Do Campaigns Matter? Campaign Effects in Elections and Referendums. London: Routledge, pp. 41–57.

Kriesi, Hanspeter, Julien Dubouchet, Mario Konishi and Romain Lachat (1999). Analyse des votations fédérales du 13 juin 1999. VOX N°68. Bern: GfS.

Marquis, Lionel, Dominique Wisler and Romain Lachat (1999). Analyse des votations fédérales du 29 novembre 1998. VOX N°65. Bern: GfS.