Participation électorale
Public Opinion, Turnout and Social Policy
Abstract According to democratic theory, policy responsiveness is a key characteristic of democratic government: citizens’ preferences should affect policy outcomes. Empirically, however, the connection between public opinion and policy is not self-evident and is increasingly challenged. Using an originally constructed dataset with information from 21 OECD countries between 1980 and 2014, our research design allows […] Lire la suite
Nouvelle publication
L'article 'Voter turnout decline and stratification: Quasi-experimental and comparative evidence of a growing educational gap', co-écrit par Ruth Dassonneville and Marc Hooghe est dès maintenant disponible en ligne. L'article est à paraître dans la revue Politics. Abstract Turnout rates are in decline in advanced democracies, but the consequences of this trend for inequalities in participation […] Lire la suite
Age and Voting
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Voter Turnout Decline and Stratification
Ce contenu n'est pas disponible dans la langue sélectionnée. Abstract Turnout rates are in decline in advanced democracies, but the consequences of this trend for inequalities in participation have not yet been investigated in a large, comparative study. In this article, we investigate educational inequalities in six countries. First, we examine whether Tingsten’s law of […] Lire la suite
High Turnout in the Low Countries
Ce contenu n'est pas disponible dans la langue sélectionnée. Abstract We use a quasi-experimental framework to test the conventional wisdom that left-of-center parties benefit from higher turnout by analyzing the partisan effects of the abolition of compulsory voting in the Netherlands. Fixed effects, multilevel, and matching models of party family vote shares in the Netherlands […] Lire la suite
Staying with the Party, Switching or Exiting?
Ce contenu n'est pas disponible dans la langue sélectionnée. Abstract A large body of literature has investigated the factors that lead to abstention on the one hand or vote volatility on the other hand. We argue in this paper that the most fruitful approach is to simultaneously consider the exit, voice, and loyalty options. The […] Lire la suite