Replication Data for: Citizens’ views of decision-makers roles: a conjoint experiment in 15 countries.

The aim of this paper is to investigate whether citizens meaningfully distinguish between profiles of politicians, based on the conceptions of democracy that the ministers embody. While previous research has shown that citizens place importance to socio-demographic factors and political beliefs influence voters' candidate preferences, little attention has been paid to the specific representational paradigms preferred by voters. Using a conjoint experiment conducted across 15 Western and Eastern European countries, the study examines respondents' preferences for candidates embodying six paradigms, which are derived from the literature. The findings reveal that citizens value candidates who represent the will of the people and do not belong to the party, at least compared to those profiles that are affiliated to political parties and are accountable to the parliament. Moreover, the study demonstrates that trustful citizens prioritize candidates embodying a responsible party model paradigm more than distrustful citizens, and those with populist attitudes favour candidates representing an instructed delegate and to a lesser extent technocratic paradigm.

本研究旨在探究民众是否会依据政客所秉持的民主理念，对不同政客的形象作出有意义的区分。既往研究已证实，民众会重视社会人口统计学特征，且政治信仰会影响选民对候选人的偏好，但现有研究鲜有关注选民所偏好的特定代表性范式（representational paradigms）。本研究依托一项覆盖15个西欧与东欧国家的联合实验（conjoint experiment），针对源自既有学术文献的六种代表性范式，考察受访者对秉持此类范式的候选人的偏好。研究结果显示，相较于隶属于政党且需对议会负责的政客形象，民众更青睐代表民众意志且不隶属于任何政党的候选人。此外，研究表明，与持怀疑态度的民众相比，信任型民众更倾向于选择秉持责任政党模式（responsible party model）的候选人；而具有民粹主义态度的民众则更青睐代表受命代表范式（instructed delegate）的候选人，对技术官僚范式（technocratic paradigm）的偏好程度相对较弱。