Replication Data for: Shifting Positions: Party Positions and Political Manifestos in Costa Rica
<|begin_of_text|><|start_header_id|>system<|end_header_id|> You are a research archivist expert in dataset metadata. Answer the question truthfully.  <|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>user<|end_header_id|> Here is the Description of a dataset. Description:'This paper analyzes how niche parties may utilize a strategy of policy shifting to garner additional voters. We leverage a unique opportunity in which a Costa Rican political party released two different versions of its party manifesto at different moments during a single election cycle. This rare opportunity uncovers how the party shifted from having a hard conservative stance on social issues such as abortion to moderating its stance and centering its focus on less contentious issues throughout a runoff election. Understanding how a single political party may alter its strategy is important since it allows to better gauge the effectiveness of shifting policy positions, and especially for niche parties where a particular issue area is dominant. Moreover, this analysis opens additional avenues of research for scholars focusing their att' . Please return only a json list of at most 3 Keywords corresponding to the Description:.<|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|> {"Answer" : ["Niche parties, electoral strategy, Latin America, issue salience, spatial competition"]} <|eot_id|>
 Here is the Description of a dataset. Description:'This paper analyzes how niche parties may utilize a strategy of policy shifting to garner additional voters. We leverage a unique opportunity in which a Costa Rican political party released two different versions of its party manifesto at different moments during a single election cycle. This rare opportunity uncovers how the party shifted from having a hard conservative stance on social issues such as abortion to moderating its stance and centering its focus on less contentious issues throughout a runoff election. Understanding how a single political party may alter its strategy is important since it allows to better gauge the effectiveness of shifting policy positions, and especially for niche parties where a particular issue area is dominant. Moreover, this analysis opens additional avenues of research for scholars focusing their att' . Please return only a json list of at most 3 Keywords corresponding to the Description:.
This paper analyzes how niche parties may utilize a strategy of policy shifting to garner additional voters. We leverage a unique opportunity in which a Costa Rican political party released two different versions of its party manifesto at different moments during a single election cycle. This rare opportunity uncovers how the party shifted from having a hard conservative stance on social issues such as abortion to moderating its stance and centering its focus on less contentious issues throughout a runoff election. Understanding how a single political party may alter its strategy is important since it allows to better gauge the effectiveness of shifting policy positions, and especially for niche parties where a particular issue area is dominant. Moreover, this analysis opens additional avenues of research for scholars focusing their att
Niche parties, electoral strategy, Latin America, issue salience, spatial competition