First-time boost beats experience: The effect of past eligibility on turnout. Electoral Studies
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First-time boost beats experience : The effect of past eligibility on turnout. Electoral Studies. / Bhatti, Yosef; Hansen, Kasper Møller; Wass, Hanna.
I: Electoral Studies, Bind 41, Nr. March, 14, 2016, s. 151-158.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - First-time boost beats experience
T2 - The effect of past eligibility on turnout. Electoral Studies
AU - Bhatti, Yosef
AU - Hansen, Kasper Møller
AU - Wass, Hanna
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Recent findings from the US indicate a clear positive causal effect of past eligibility on voting in subsequent elections. Based on individual-level register data from four elections held in Denmark and Finland, we find that past eligibility either decreases voting propensity or has a zero effect among young voters. The hype associated with the first elections thus appears to cancel out the habit among young adults in countries where the institutional barriers against voting are weak. Moreover, differences across the types of elections can be noted. The negative effect of past eligibility is strongest in elections characterized by low saliency, implying that high-salient elections mobilize all voters equally and therefore narrow the gap between first and second-time eligible voters.
AB - Recent findings from the US indicate a clear positive causal effect of past eligibility on voting in subsequent elections. Based on individual-level register data from four elections held in Denmark and Finland, we find that past eligibility either decreases voting propensity or has a zero effect among young voters. The hype associated with the first elections thus appears to cancel out the habit among young adults in countries where the institutional barriers against voting are weak. Moreover, differences across the types of elections can be noted. The negative effect of past eligibility is strongest in elections characterized by low saliency, implying that high-salient elections mobilize all voters equally and therefore narrow the gap between first and second-time eligible voters.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Past eligibility
KW - Habitual voting
KW - First-time hype
KW - Regression discontinuity design
M3 - Journal article
VL - 41
SP - 151
EP - 158
JO - Electoral Studies
JF - Electoral Studies
SN - 0261-3794
IS - March
M1 - 14
ER -
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