Psychological threat and turnout misreporting
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4170733 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patrick M Kuhn (0000-0002-8849-0248, Durham University, corresponding author), Samuel Mellish (Durham University), Nick Vivyan (0000-0002-6793-0953, Durham University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Pages | 102276 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Electoral Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0261-3794 • E-ISSN: 1873-6890 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.electstud.2020.102276 |
| OpenAlex | W3121107485 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 47 |
Direct survey measures of turnout often suffer from misreporting, particularly among non-voters. We investigate whether turnout misreporting in online surveys can be reduced by two new turnout question designs aimed at strengthening or buffering respondent's self-integrity against the perceived psychological threat of admitting non-voting. Drawing on evidence from survey experiments embedded in vote validated online surveys after the 2016 UK EU Referendum, we find that neither technique significantly improves turnout reporting accuracy. Our findings inform innovations in survey measurement of turnout and sensitive survey topics more generally
Demographic economics · Economics · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Referendum · Respondent · Statistics · Survey data collection · Turnout · Voting · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Mathematics · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology · Survey Methodology and Nonresponse
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| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |