Results 1 to 10 of about 5,970 (155)
Psychological distress and voting behaviour in nine countries of the former Soviet Union [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Poorer mental health is linked to a lower likelihood of voting in elections. However, little is known about this association in non-Western settings. This study examined the association between psychological distress and voting in nine countries of the ...
Andrew Stickley +7 more
doaj +2 more sources
Too afraid to vote? The effects of COVID-19 on voting behaviour. [PDF]
Eur J Polit Econ, 2021 This paper studies the causal effect of local exposure to COVID-19 on voting behaviour and electoral outcomes using evidence from the regional elections held in Spain on 12 July 2020. Exploiting the variation in exposure to COVID-19 and using a difference-in-differences identification strategy, we show that turnout was between 2.6 and 5.1 percentage ...
Fernandez-Navia T +2 more
europepmc +4 more sources
Conspiracy Mentality: How it Relates to Populism, Relative Deprivation, Mistrust of Expertise and Voting Behaviour [PDF]
Europe's Journal of PsychologyBackground and research aims. Considering the high prevalence of conspiracy theories and misinformation, there is an urgent need to explain the tendency to adopt a conspiracy mentality and identify behavioural (including voting) outcomes of a high ...
Alexander Loziak, Dominika Havrillová
doaj +2 more sources
Smoking status and voting behaviour and intentions in countries of the former Soviet Union [PDF]
Scientific ReportsSmokers experience multiple disadvantages throughout their lives, yet there is another disadvantage, political, that is less widely recognised. Smokers are less likely to vote but only so far in studies conducted in Western democratic regimes. This cross-
Andrew Stickley +4 more
doaj +2 more sources
Weekly Fluctuations in Risk Tolerance and Voting Behaviour. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Risk tolerance is fundamental to decision-making and behaviour. Here we show that individuals' tolerance of risk follows a weekly cycle. We observed this cycle directly in a behavioural experiment using the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (Lejuez et al., 2002;
Jet G Sanders, Rob Jenkins
doaj +2 more sources
Italy in times of protest and negative voting: An introduction
QOE-IJES, 2021 The classic heuristics of voting behaviour have been eroded overtime especially in well-established democracies. Ideology, party identification, and social class have been gradually replaced by short-period factors. In particular, the personalization has
Diego Garzia, Gianluca Passarelli
doaj +1 more source
Geographical Realignment of the Hungarian Voting Behaviour Between 2014 and 2022
Modern Geográfia, 2023 One of the main aims of electoral geography is to examine the spatial and socio-economic relationships of voting behaviour. Based on this, strong social cleavages were identified in the developed democracies in the 1960s, which strongly determined voting
Kovalcsik, Tamás, Bódi, Mátyás
doaj +1 more source
The Impact of Non-Citizen Population in Regional Differences in Non-Voting in the USA [PDF]
Business Ethics and Leadership, 2022 Given that voting is the bedrock of any functional democracy, it is an intriguing puzzle as to why many eligible voters often choose not to vote. The rational choice theory posits that voters might decide to stay away from voting, especially if they ...
Achintya Ray
doaj +1 more source
Determinants of voters behaviour and voting intention: The mediating role of social media
Cogent Business & Management, 2023 The dominant media ideology argues that the successful application of social media engagement in commercial marketing has the potential to influence customers buying decisions by X percentage.
Zakari Bukari +7 more
doaj +1 more source
Ianna Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 2023 Background: Political endorsement remains one of the global strategies that features visibly during electioneering campaigns. Such endorsements are usually communicated to the electorate through the media.
Celestina Ongwayozi Audu
doaj +2 more sources