Parties, Candidates and Citizens On-Line - Åbo Akademi
Parties, Candidates and Citizens On-Line - Åbo Akademi
Parties, Candidates and Citizens On-Line - Åbo Akademi
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weak effect for younger age found here is noteworthy. Prior to the 1999 Finnish<br />
parliamentary election, Carlson <strong>and</strong> Djupsund (2001: 73-4) found that younger c<strong>and</strong>idates<br />
had campaign websites at a significantly higher rate than the older c<strong>and</strong>idates. In the 2004<br />
EP election, Carlson <strong>and</strong> Str<strong>and</strong>berg (2005) also found a significant independent effect<br />
for younger c<strong>and</strong>idate age.<br />
Focus is now turned solely to major-party c<strong>and</strong>idates in order to further illustrate<br />
the intra-party variations. The effects of c<strong>and</strong>idate competitiveness are further explored in<br />
Table 3. Even though, as revealed by a separate analysis not reported at length here, most<br />
competitive c<strong>and</strong>idates run for major parties (72.6% χ 2=504.667 (df=2) p
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