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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"electoral participation"”.
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Making choices real: Increasing electoral participation by voting for none
… law since the 1970's. I will track patterns of electoral participation so that I can assess the impact of Nevada's electoral laws on the voters of our state. Next, I will define the problems with Nevada's electoral structure and address the theoretical reasons that make a binding version of …
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Electoral participation in a new democracy : essays on voting in the new South Africa
Electoral participation is at the heart of democratic politics. Who comes to the polls, who does not, and why? In three essays that leverage natural experimental research designs, I advance new explanations for individual turnout, focused on citizens' access to, and experiences with the core …
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Campaign and network effects on electoral participation: The various facets of mobilization and interpersonal influence
… the impact of extra-individual factors on electoral participation, by providing a comprehensive theoretical framework aimed at highlighting the role of context. In particular, it analyzes the key-concepts of mobilization and interpersonal influence, with a focus on the Italian case. Both …
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Design of a Youth Electoral Audit
… Low youth voter turnout is concerning because electoral participation is an indicator of the legitimacy and health of democratic systems. Further, voting and abstention behaviours are habit forming, which means citizens who begin adulthood as non-voters are likely to stay that way. While a …
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Expressing civic rights for individuals with intellectual disabilities : social network responsibility and silences in communication
… by individuals with IDD is their low rate of participation in elections. Electors in Canada are not subject to capacity testing but individuals with IDD experience unique barriers to voting—primarily informational and attitudinal—which effectively disenfranchise what is already a vulnerable …
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Early voting in the 2004 presidential election
… ballot. Sixth, do early voting laws lead to more electoral participation. My findings suggest that early voting does not significantly change the way in which state-level political parties get people to the polls, early voters are different from election day voters, and that early voting policies …
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Long-run patterns in the participation and representation of women in western Canadian provincial elections: 1917-2019.
… trends and patterns apparent in women’s rate of participation (running for office), and representation (elected to office). A descriptive overview of the region of western Canada is undertaken first. This thesis then analyzes women’s electoral participation and success further into the effect of …
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Turnout twist : higher voter turnout in lower-level elections
… our understanding of incentives affecting electoral participation both at national and subnational levels. First, I show that Japan is not the only exception. There are some other important cases of higher voter turnout in lower-level elections, which I define as the "turnout twist" …
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Os reflexos da crise da zona do euro na participação política da população portuguesa no nível comunitário
… zone crisis and the decline of the political participation of the portuguese population at the community level – more precisely in the European Parliament elections. The crisis has impacted the socioeconomic esfhere causing an economic slowdown, unemployment, household debt and even a boom in …
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Effects of anti-poverty programs on electoral behavior : evidence from the Mexican Education, Health, and Nutrition Program
… and largest CCT implemented in the region, on electoral behavior. I argue that Progresa not only was substantially different from traditional clientelism, but that it challenged local monopolies on political power by increasing voter's income and giving recipients implicit and explicit …
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Decentralisation and State-Citizens Relations: the Case of Ukraine
… effect of decentralisation on subnational electoral participation in Western countries, the wider external validity of this relationship remains unclear. Even less is known about the impact of decentralisation on nonelectoral forms of participation and certain political attitudes. Moreover, …
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Exploring perceptions of rural youth participation in political elections: A case study of Thulamela Municipality
… of their attitudes and behaviours related to electoral participation. Thematic analysis was employed to explore the findings from recorded interviews, providing insights into the experiences and perceptions of rural youth regarding elections. Ultimately, this study aimed to contribute to the …
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Factors influencing the intention of youth to adopt electronic voting in South Africa
… technologies. In 2020, the Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa stated its intention to introduce e-voting to lower the costs of voting, improve electoral transparency and efficiency, and to improve overall voter participation. There is, however, little research to explain …
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Islamist Party Mobilization: Tunisia’s Ennahda and Algeria’s HMS Compared, 1989-2014
… how Islamist parties mobilize citizens in electoral authoritarian systems. Specifically, I analyze how Islamist parties develop identity, outreach, structure, and linkages to wide sections of the population, so that when the political opportunity presents itself, people are informed of …
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Getting the message: a transcendental phenomenology of youth experiences of persuasive (partisan) and informative (non-partisan) campaigns during the 2019 Canadian and United Kingdom general elections.
… from political processes, and in particular, electoral participation, this may result in a future uninformed electorate, where voting is not incorporated as a habitual practice among adults (Plutzer, 2002; Henn and Foard, 2012; Muthoo, 2016). Paradoxically, despite feeling a strong sense of …
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Voter turnout in Saskatchewan : how important are civic education and community participation?
Voter participation among Saskatchewan’s citizens has decreased in both federal and provincial elections, especially in the past decade or so, and especially among 18-24 year olds. Provincially, turnout has fallen almost 20 percentage points over a four-year period. Saskatchewan voter turnout in …
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The determinants of political behavior : evidence from three randomized field experiments
… field experiments in France and combined public electoral records with comprehensive phone and in person surveys to address the following questions: 1) What factors, including costs, information, and attitudes explain people's failure to register and vote, as well as their choice to vote for an …