The Political Consequences of Franchise Extension
Evidence from the Second Reform Act
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12802473 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Samuel Berlinski (0000-0002-2498-4011, corresponding author), Torun Dewan |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 329-376 |
| Publication date | 2011-11-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quarterly Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1554-0626 • E-ISSN: 1554-0634 |
| Publisher | Now Publishers (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1561/100.00011013 |
| OpenAlex | W2004903321 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 37 |
| References cited | 17 |
We use evidence from the Second Reform Act, introduced in the United Kingdom in 1867, to analyze the impact on electoral outcomes of extending the vote to the unskilled urban population. Exploiting the sharp change in the electorate caused by franchise extension, we separate the effect of reform from that of underlying constituency level traits correlated with the voting population. Although we find that the franchise affected electoral competition and candidate selection, there is no evidence relating Liberal electoral support to changes in the franchise rules. Our results are robust to various sources of endogeneity
Business · Competition (biology · Democracy · Econometrics · Economics · Electoral reform · Endogeneity · Extension (predicate logic · Franchise · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Public economics · Sociology · Voting · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Law
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| Unique citing works | 37 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,08 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 37 |