Electoral Cycles and Turnout in Multilevel Electoral Systems
| Autor: | Régis Dandoy, Arjan H. Schakel |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Political Science, RS: FASoS PCE |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACIES
media_common.quotation_subject POLITICAL-SCIENCE-ASSOCIATION UNITED-STATES Turnout VOTER TURNOUT Public administration NATIONAL ELECTIONS Voter fatigue PRESIDENTIAL-ADDRESS Dilemma EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS Political science Voting Presidential address Political Science and International Relations Voter turnout Demographic economics media_common |
| Zdroj: | West European Politics, 37(3), 605-623. Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group |
| ISSN: | 1743-9655 0140-2382 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/01402382.2014.895526 |
| Popis: | This article differentiates between three ways in which electoral cycles may impact on participation in elections. First, it identifies a simultaneity effect - turnout increases to the extent that elections are held on the same date. A second effect is voter fatigue - turnout declines when another election has just been held before. Poll voting is a third effect. It suggests that turnout increases when another election is to be held shortly after. On the basis of a novel dataset that includes 2,915 regional elections held in 317 regions and 18 countries from 1945 to 2009, evidence is found for all three effects. The results point towards a basic dilemma in multilevel electoral systems: increase turnout by holding elections on the same date but accept high vote congruence across elections or decouple election cycles, which decreases vote congruence but lowers participation rates. |
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