Professor John Ashworth john.ashworth@durham.ac.uk
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Everyone Likes a Winner: An Empirical Test of The Effect of Electoral Closeness on Turnout in a Context Of Expressive Voting
Ashworth, J.; Geys, B.; Heyndels, B.
Authors
B. Geys
B. Heyndels
Abstract
Under instrumental voting closer elections are expected to have higher turnout. Under expressive voting, however, turnout may increase with decreasing closeness when voters have a preference for winners. An empirical test using data on Belgian municipal elections supports this. We find that turnout reaches a local maximum when the largest party in the election obtains just over 52% of the seats and then falls (supporting the “instrumental” closeness-argument). There is, however, another turning point: the presence of a highly dominating party (receiving at least two-thirds of the votes) stimulates turnout despite the fact that dominance implies lower closeness.
Citation
Ashworth, J., Geys, B., & Heyndels, B. (2006). Everyone Likes a Winner: An Empirical Test of The Effect of Electoral Closeness on Turnout in a Context Of Expressive Voting. Public Choice, 128(3-4), 383-405. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-005-9006-8
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Sep 1, 2006 |
Deposit Date | Apr 20, 2010 |
Journal | Public Choice |
Print ISSN | 0048-5829 |
Electronic ISSN | 1573-7101 |
Publisher | Springer |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 128 |
Issue | 3-4 |
Pages | 383-405 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-005-9006-8 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1521106 |
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