Issue ownership in times of crisis: Dynamics of party issue ownership during the COVID-19 pandemic

Christopher Klamm, Marc Debus, Simone Paolo Ponzetto, Ines Rehbein, Sarah Wagner, Data and Web Science Group, University of Mannheim School of Business Informatics and Mathematics, Chair of Political Science, Comparative Government, University of Mannheim, Data and Web Science Group, University of Mannheim, School of History, Philosophy and Politics, s University Belfast, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Party Politics: The International Journal for the Study of Political Parties and Political Organizations

Published online on May 20, 2026

Abstract

Party Politics, Ahead of Print.
The COVID-19 pandemic became one of the most salient issues for the public in the past few years, so that political parties had to address this issue if they wanted to maximize their vote share and thus the support of the citizens in upcoming elections. ...