کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1052454 946390 2008 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Turnout around the globe: The influence of electoral institutions on national voter participation, 1972–2000
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی علوم اجتماعی جغرافیا، برنامه ریزی و توسعه
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Turnout around the globe: The influence of electoral institutions on national voter participation, 1972–2000
چکیده انگلیسی

Democratic theory suggests that a nation's electoral system should influence the level of voter turnout. However, the empirical evidence for this relationship is mixed. These weak findings are partially due to insufficient attention to measurement and sampling issues. Concerning measurement, many studies examine the percent of registered citizens that turn out to vote, a measure that unnecessarily distorts the effect of electoral system. Concerning samples, electoral systems will have a larger impact on turnout in more fully democratic countries, given that the vote itself is more meaningful in a full democracy. Taking into account these distinctions, electoral systems in fact have a strongly significant effect on turnout in fully democratic countries, while having relatively little effect in partially democratic countries.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Electoral Studies - Volume 27, Issue 4, December 2008, Pages 601–610
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