What were the voters thinking? The presidential election in Iceland 2012

• Published in: Veftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
• Main Authors: Kristinsson, Gunnar Helgi, Indriðason, Indriði H., Valgarðsson, Viktor Orri
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Icelandic
• Published: Stjórnsýslustofnun 2012
• Subjects: Presidential election; Iceland; personality factors; party effects; tactical voting; Forsetakosningar; Ísland; persónuþættir; áhrif stjórnmálaflokka; taktísk kosning; Lægra; Sitjandi
• Online Access: http://www.irpa.is/article/view/a.2012.8.2.2; https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2012.8.2.2

Social scientists have not done much research on presidential elections in Iceland and therefore little is known about the factors which affect their results. The presidential election on June 30th 2012 was unusual partly because the incumbent president faced more serious opponents and received a lo...