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, 2016 For several decades, Sweden has had a relatively high voter turnout, both in relation to the first half of the twentieth century and in comparison with other countries. Still, even in this high-turnout context substantial differences in turnout can be found when comparing different population groups.
Öhrvall, Richard,
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Asymmetric Partisan Voter Turnout Games. [PDF]
Dyn Games Appl, 2021 AbstractSince Downs proposed that the act of voting is irrational in 1957, myriad models have been proposed to explain voting and account for observed turnout patterns. We propose a model in which partisans consider both the instrumental and expressive benefits of their vote when deciding whether or not to abstain in an election, introducing an ...
Guage C, Fu F.
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Social Media as Mobilizer and Demobilizer: Evidence From Taiwan
SAGE Open, 2023 This study examines the effect of social media use on voter turnout. Given that different social media platforms provide different types of content and people use different social media platforms for different purposes, this study argues that there exist
Ching-Hsing Wang, Chia-hung Tsai
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Decentralization and Voter Turnout [PDF]
Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 2011 With this paper we study the impact of decentralization on turnout. We test the hypotheses that decentralization increases turnout in subnational elections, lowers participation in national elections, and reduces the gap between regional and national arenas.
André Blais, Eva Anduiza, Aina Gallego
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Trees, Forests and People, 2022 Research suggests that social cohesion partially mediates the health benefits of being exposed to the natural environment. However, past studies have relied on self-reported measures of social cohesion that have well-documented limitations. Therefore, we
Geoffrey H. Donovan +2 more
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Nonprofit Policy Forum, 2022 A distinct problem for American democracy is that voter participation rates remain higher among older, wealthier, and more highly educated citizens. Through their nonpartisan get-out-the-vote (GOTV) efforts, nonprofit organizations can help to remedy the
LeRoux Kelly +2 more
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Spatial analysis of Lithuanian youth turnout: Results of 2016-2020 parliamentary elections
Geographia Polonica, 2023 The paper analyses spatial differences in voter turnout during the 2016 and 2020 Lithuanian Parliament elections. The article delves into the problem of spatial differentiation of young voter turnout, paying special attention to the most segregated ...
Dovydas Vidzbelis, Donatas Burneika
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Voter Turnout with Peer Punishment [PDF]
American Economic Review, 2020 We introduce a model where social norms of voting participation are strategically chosen by competing political parties and determine voters’ turnout. Social norms must be enforced through costly peer monitoring and punishment. When the cost of enforcement of social norms is low, the larger party is always advantaged. Otherwise, in the spirit of Olson
Levine D K, Mattozzi A
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Research & Politics, 2020 Although we know a lot about why citizens vote or abstain in elections, the social inequality of low turnout in European elections has attracted little attention.
Stefan Haußner, Michael Kaeding
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Voter Turnout in the Indian States: An Empirical Analysis [PDF]
, 2008 In this article, the trends and determinants of voter turnout in India at the state level are explored. It reveals that there is a large variation in turnout across the Indian states.
Rekha Diwakar +2 more
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