Core and Peripheral Voters
Predictors of Turnout Across Three Types of Elections
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6345283 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yosef Bhatti (0000-0002-8112-486X, VIVE - The Danish Center for Social Science Research), Jens Olav Dahlgaard (0000-0001-5063-4587, Copenhagen Business School), João H Hansen (0000-0002-6186-6858, University of Copenhagen), Jonas Hedegaard Hansen, Kristine M Hansen (0000-0002-8286-4771, University of Copenhagen, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 348-366 |
| Publication date | 2019-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3217 • E-ISSN: 1467-9248 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0032321718766246 |
| OpenAlex | W2797529696 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 31 |
Citizens who abstain from voting in consecutive elections and inequality in turnout in democratic elections constitute a challenge to the legitimacy of democracy. Applying the law of dispersion, which stipulates higher levels of turnout and higher levels of equality in turnout are positively related, we study turnout patterns across different types of elections in Denmark, a high-turnout European context. Across three different elections with turnout rates from 56.3% to 85.9%, we use a rich, nationwide panel dataset of 2.1 million citizens with validated turnout and high-quality sociodemographic variables. A total of 9% of the citizens are abstainers in the three consecutive elections, and these are disproportionately male, of non-Western ethnic background, with little education, and with low income. The law of dispersion finds support as inequalities in turnout increase when turnout decreases and vice versa. Furthermore, municipalities with lower turnout have higher inequalities in participation than high-turnout municipalities in local elections
Context (archaeology · Democracy · Demographic economics · Economics · Ethnic group · Geography · Inequality · Legitimacy · Political science · Politics · Turnout · Voting · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Politics and Representation · Law · Social Media and Politics
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| Unique citing works | 23 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 23 |