Weather conditions and voter turnout in Dutch national parliament elections, 1971–2010

While conventional wisdom assumes that inclement weather on election day reduces voter turnout, there is remarkably little evidence available to support truth to such belief. This paper examines the effects of temperature, sunshine duration and rainfall on voter turnout in 13 Dutch national parliame...

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Main Authors: Eisinga, Rob, Te Grotenhuis, Manfred, Pelzer, Ben
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer-Verlag 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3382632/