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Puzzling evidence on voter turnout

open access: yesRationality and Society, 2017
In this empirical analysis of voting patterns in five countries on days when one or more national referenda were held, voter turnout appears to decline in the number of concurrent referenda, in contrast to standard theories’ predictions and regardless of method used to hold constant the quality of the referenda.
openaire   +3 more sources

Has Inequity Faced by Young Australians With Disability Changed Since the Turn of the Century?

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the introduction of various policies aimed at promoting equality for people with disability since Australia ratified the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD) in 2008, there has been little evaluation regarding the extent of change in inequity since then.
Asha Parkinson   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

An overview of the factors influencing the voter turnout and influence of the weather

open access: yesGeografická revue, 2016
In the presented paper, we offer an overview of the influence of research factors on voter turnout. Factors can be divided into several main categories law, political, cultural, social and psychological.
Dávid Ščepka   +2 more
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Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Hours Worked by Primary Carers in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Primary caregivers constitute a major unpaid workforce in Australia. The aim of this study was to determine the sociodemographic factors that are associated with carer workloads. Multinomial logistic regression modelling was applied to the nation‐wide Australian Government survey.
Andrew J. Hamilton
wiley   +1 more source

On the Representativeness of Voter Turnout

open access: yes, 2020
Prominent theory research on voting uses models in which expected pivotality drives voters’ turnout decisions and hence determines voting outcomes. It is recognized, however, that such work is at odds with Downs’s paradox: in practice, many individuals turn out for reasons unrelated to pivotality, and their votes overwhelm the forces analyzed in ...
Louis Kaplow, Scott Duke Kominers
openaire   +1 more source

The Use of Bone Void Fillers May Not Impact Outcomes After Medial Opening Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy: A Systematic Review

open access: yesArthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation, EarlyView.
Purpose To examine whether the use of bone void filler significantly influences outcomes of medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy (OWHTO), with a specific emphasis on gap sizes less than 10 mm. Methods A systematic review of the literature was performed according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta‐Analysis guidelines ...
Travette Daniel   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Political Psychology Analysis of Voter Behavior in the Election of Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Makassar Sakkarang Subdistrict Community Makassar City [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences
This research analyzes changes in voter behavior in Sangkarrang Sub-district, Makassar City, using a political psychology perspective. The main focus of this study is to understand the fundamental factors that drove the significant increase in voter ...
Maulani Madpirah
doaj   +1 more source

Loss of Reduction and Clavicle Fractures Commonly Occur in Patients Undergoing Acromioclavicular Joint Reconstruction and Female Sex Is Associated With Higher Fracture Risk

open access: yesArthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation, EarlyView.
Purpose To use a large, multi‐institutional database to characterize the outcomes and complication profile after primary acromioclavicular (AC) joint reconstruction and to evaluate potential sex‐related differences in outcomes and complications. Methods The TriNetX national database was queried for patients undergoing AC joint reconstruction between ...
Scott Fong   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vote Centers as a Strategy to Control Election Administration Costs

open access: yesSAGE Open, 2014
The rising costs of election administration in an era of fiscal stress have motivated some local officials to test the feasibility of ideas for reducing election costs while enhancing voter convenience and perhaps even increasing voter turnout.
David H. Folz
doaj   +1 more source

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