What does it take to make it to the polling station? The effects of campaign activities on electoral participation
This study explores the extent to which campaign visibility facilitates electoral participation, using data from first- and second-order elections in Britain. Our contribution to the existing literature is threefold. First, we assess whether the effects of campaign effort are conditioned by marginal...
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| description | This study explores the extent to which campaign visibility facilitates electoral participation, using data from first- and second-order elections in Britain. Our contribution to the existing literature is threefold. First, we assess whether the effects of campaign effort are conditioned by marginality, finding that campaign mobilisation gets out the vote regardless of the competitiveness of the race. Second, we look at the relative ability of different campaign activities to stimulate turnout, detecting significant differences. Third, we show that the effects of campaign effort on electoral participation are rather similar in first- and second-order elections. These findings suggest that a greater level of electoral information provided by campaign activities does reduce the cost of voting. Local campaigns play a key role in bringing voters to the polls in marginal and non-marginal races, and at general elections as much as at second-order elections. |
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| spelling | nottingham-370042018-03-19T20:13:26Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37004/ What does it take to make it to the polling station? The effects of campaign activities on electoral participation Trumm, Siim Sudulich, Laura This study explores the extent to which campaign visibility facilitates electoral participation, using data from first- and second-order elections in Britain. Our contribution to the existing literature is threefold. First, we assess whether the effects of campaign effort are conditioned by marginality, finding that campaign mobilisation gets out the vote regardless of the competitiveness of the race. Second, we look at the relative ability of different campaign activities to stimulate turnout, detecting significant differences. Third, we show that the effects of campaign effort on electoral participation are rather similar in first- and second-order elections. These findings suggest that a greater level of electoral information provided by campaign activities does reduce the cost of voting. Local campaigns play a key role in bringing voters to the polls in marginal and non-marginal races, and at general elections as much as at second-order elections. SAGE 2018-03-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37004/1/Trumm%2C%20Sudulich%20%282016%29%20-%20What%20does%20it%20take%20to%20make%20it%20to%20the%20polling%20station.pdf Trumm, Siim and Sudulich, Laura (2018) What does it take to make it to the polling station? The effects of campaign activities on electoral participation. Party Politics, 24 (2). pp. 168-184. ISSN 1460-3683 Campaign Information Competitiveness Devolution Electoral Participation Great Britain http://ppq.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/04/29/1354068816647209 doi:10.1177/1354068816647209 doi:10.1177/1354068816647209 |
| spellingShingle | Campaign Information Competitiveness Devolution Electoral Participation Great Britain Trumm, Siim Sudulich, Laura What does it take to make it to the polling station? The effects of campaign activities on electoral participation |
| title | What does it take to make it to the polling station? The effects of campaign activities on electoral participation |
| title_full | What does it take to make it to the polling station? The effects of campaign activities on electoral participation |
| title_fullStr | What does it take to make it to the polling station? The effects of campaign activities on electoral participation |
| title_full_unstemmed | What does it take to make it to the polling station? The effects of campaign activities on electoral participation |
| title_short | What does it take to make it to the polling station? The effects of campaign activities on electoral participation |
| title_sort | what does it take to make it to the polling station? the effects of campaign activities on electoral participation |
| topic | Campaign Information Competitiveness Devolution Electoral Participation Great Britain |
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