Voter Turnout (Electoral Behavior)
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TFM. A distancia de casi 45 años de las elecciones democráticas de 1977, el abstencionismo electoral continúa siendo un fenómeno que concierne decenas de millones de ciudadanos españoles. En este trabajo se quiere investigar sobre las... more
How does a change from a compulsory voting system to a voluntary one affect election turnout? It is often argued that an electoral regime under which voting is voluntary reproduces class bias or, in other words, that the rich vote more... more
The term ‘dog-whistle politics’ was widely used in the 1990s and early 2000s by commentators on the Left in Australia to describe, and often to deplore, what were seen as rhetorical attempts by the Prime Minister John Howard and his... more
Resumen En un contexto de bajo involucramiento político en Chile, la Presidenta Michelle Bachelet propuso volver a integrar la educación cívica a la malla curricular escolar argumentando que generaría ciudadanos más activos. Autores como... more
Esta investigación cuestiona el saber convencional de la disciplina acerca de las causas del voto y de la abstención en varios aspectos cruciales. El estudio demuestra que el consenso acerca de la supuesta irrelevancia de las variables... more
Political participation is a combination of institutional and non-institutional forms of participating in democracy. Policies defined by governments are influenced by the citizens’ voting choices, the institutionalised way for citizens to... more
Recent publications argue that the traditional gender gap in voting has decreased or reversed in many democracies. However, this decrease in the gender gap may apply only to some types of elections. Building on the existing literature, we... more
In post-Soviet countries, the process of democratization is not linear and causes a variety of conflicts. The electoral process and the election institute, as essential elements of electoral political culture, have an important role in... more
This paper asks whether international economic integration negatively affects electoral turnout. The theoretical model builds on the premise that economic integration constrains the ability of national governments to shape outcomes.... more
A look at how the British UK system is rigged towards unfair voting patterns because of a historic electoral system that no longer reflects the needs of the public. The paper assesses the UK's need for electoral reform with the comparison... more
[Co-authored with Radosław Markowski] During the long nineteenth century, Poland was divided among the Russian, Habsburg, and Prussian empires. The partition produced regional diversity in political culture and in institutional and... more
In her chapter, Anthoula Malkopoulou examines the history of compulsory voting in Europe by specifically revisiting the debates over the practice in Belgium and France at the turn of the twentieth century. Malkopoulou especially focuses... more
2016 წლის არჩევნებზე, წინა ორ საპარლამენტო არჩევნებთან შედარებით, ამომრჩეველთა დაბალი აქტივობა აღინიშნა. მოცემული კვლევის მიზანს წარმოადგენს არჩევნებზე გამოუცხადებლობის ფაქტორების დადგენა, ცხოვრების სოციალურ-ეკონომიკური ასპექტებით... more
Le vote, sous le règne du suffrage universel, est le principal mode de légitimation des régimes de démocratie représentative. Cette pratique générale – s’exprimer à échéance régulière pourl ’élection de ses représentants – recouvre un... more
One of the reasons that elections have come to be so widely valued across the globe lies in their perceived ability to increase citizens' consent to be governed by their representatives. Yet inversely, one may ask what election results... more
Why do vote-suppression efforts sometimes fail? Why does police repression of demonstrators sometimes turn localized protests into massive, national movements? How do politicians and activists manipulate people's emotions to get them... more
As young members of the Canadian community, we are surrounded by an extraordinary amount of socio-politically engaged and informed youth that would make remarkably knowledgeable voters. 16 year-olds are denied their voice in deciding who... more
ABSTRACT Vote buying during election is a phenomenon in Philippine politics clandestinely practiced as underground activities by political candidates who utilize it as a political strategy. This study examined the vote buying phenomenon... more
Avocat, policier, infirmière, libraire, ouvrier, enseignant, banquier, agriculteur, bourgeois des beaux-quartiers ou seconde génération d’immigrés issus des cités populaires… Quatorze portraits d’électrices et d’électeurs ordinaires face... more
Les électeurs choisissent-ils le parti qui leur correspond le mieux ? Disposer de plus d'informations entraîne-t-il plus d'hésitations avant de voter ? Comment les électeurs belges perçoivent-ils la démocratie ? Lors des dernières... more
The paper looks at the link between inequality and voter turnout, and derives three hypothesis from previous literature. It is shown that inequality associates negatively with turnout at the national elections (hypothesis 1). Although... more
Nigeria has witnessed five general elections conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) since the return to civil rule in 1999. Each of the successive elections has had areas of commendation and areas that need to... more
These are the slides I used at the online forum "2022 Halalan at Maka-Kristyanong Tugon" organized by the Diocese of Novaliches Commission on BEC Development on June 24, 2021.
Nesterovych V. Election Campaign: Dictionary of Slang Terms and Expressions. Kyiv: Publishing House Lira-K, 2020. 648 p.
Нестерович В.Ф. Избирательная кампания: Словарь сленговых терминов и выражений. Киев: Издательство Лира-К, 2020. 648 с.
Нестерович В.Ф. Избирательная кампания: Словарь сленговых терминов и выражений. Киев: Издательство Лира-К, 2020. 648 с.
About strategies and tactics of crowd psychological manipulationm media maniputation, campaign management, campiagn strategies, message development, etc...
Sosyal medya, günümüz bilgi ve iletişim teknolojileri kapsamında artık vazgeçilmez bir platform haline gelmiştir. Bu platform seçim zamanlarında kendini siyasi arenada daha çok göstermektedir. Sosyal medyanın son zamanlarda siyasi arenada... more
This study examined the Youth Political Participation in Nigeria, focusing on Kwara State as a case study within the period of 2011 and 2015. The study adopted quantitative method of research based on the three variables of voting... more
Political scientists struggle to explain why citizen engagement generally, and turnout at elections specifically, keep declining, despite considerable research on this problem. This article explores how attention to class understood as a... more
This research attempts to explain the effect on citizens of the move towards a more open and participatory society. Many studies have been conducted on the relationship between the Mexican citizen and the Mexican voter. Such studies have... more
This book opens by providing empirical evidence that income inequality persists or increases in many new democracies after their transition. Then it gives a brief overview of studies that expect reduced inequality because of... more
This dissertation examines the impact of the Eurozone crisis on electoral behaviour in all EU member states individually, as opposed to an aggregate analysis. This approach is based on the theoretical argument that EP elections should be... more
En un contexto de creciente descontento del electorado, los comicios de Costa Rica de 2022 probablemente mantendrán una desigualdad cada vez más insostenible.
La segunda vuelta electoral (SVE) es una variante de los sistemas de mayoría; opera como un mecanismo de desempate cuando en una elección entre dos o más candidatos ninguno obtiene la mayoría absoluta en una primera vuelta, entonces por... more
This article uses data from the American National Election Studies and national exit polls to test Fiorina's assertion that ideological polarization in the American public is a myth. Fiorina argues that twenty-first-century Americans,... more