The Convergence Coefficient across Political Systems

Table 1

MNL spatial model for countries with plurality systems.

	United States^b				United Kingdom^c
	Party	2000	2004	2008	Party	2005	2010
Var		Est.^a; |𝑡−value|	Est.^a; |𝑡−value|	Est.^a; |𝑡−value|		Est.^a; |𝑡−value|	Est.^a; |𝑡−value|
𝛽		0.82***; (14.9)	0.95***; (14.21)	0.85***; (14.16)		0.15***; (12.56)	0.86***; (38.45)
Valence	𝜆rep	−0.43***; (5.05)	−0.43***; (5.05)	−0.84***; (7.64)	𝜆Lab	0.52***; (6.84)	−0.04; (1.31)
					𝜆Con	0.27***; (3.22)	0.17***; (4.50)
Base party		Dem^b	Dem^b	Rep^b		Lib^c	Lib^c
𝑛		1,238	935	788		1149	6218
𝐿𝐿		−708	−501	−298		−1136	−5490

a∗prob < 0.05; ∗∗prob < 0.01; ∗∗∗prob < 0.001.
^bUS: Rep: Republican; Dem: Democrats.
^cUK: Lab: Labour; Con: Conservatives; Lib: Liberal Democrats.