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Is Some Politics Still Local? Voter Preferences for Local Candidates
Previous literature has demonstrated electoral advantages for candidates with backgrounds in the communities they represent, even amidst the trends...
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Too Young to Run? Voter Evaluations of the Age of Candidates
Why do elected officials tend to be much older than most of their constituents? To understand the mechanisms behind the underrepresentation of young...
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STAR Voting, equality of voice, and voter satisfaction: considerations for voting method reform
The vote itself forms the foundation of our political discourse, and how we vote may be the single most important decision in a representative...
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Perceptions of Electability: Candidate (and Voter) Ideology, Race, and Gender
Previous work has shown candidate electability is an important consideration to voters in deciding who to support. However, we do not know what...
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Voter Rights and Gender: An Analysis of the Importance of Voter Education in Zimbabwe
The right to vote in Zimbabwe is enshrined in s67 (3) (a) of the Constitution of ZimbabweConstitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act 2013 which...
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How COVID-19 Election Access Policies Shaped Voter Fraud Beliefs and Voter Confidence in the 2020 US Election
In the lead-up to the 2020 election, states enacted a myriad of changes to how voters accessed the registration and voting process, such as...
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Voter Bias and the Partisan Gender-Gap in Office
In the United States, women compose a larger share of elected Democrats than of elected Republicans at every level of government. Drawing together...
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Elected Officials, Empowered Voters: The Impact of Descriptive Representation on Voter Turnout
How does descriptive representation affect the voter turnout of African Americans? Though theories state that electing officials who belong to a...
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Voter Turnout in the 2022 Elections: Evidence from Georgia
A key lesson learned from recent election cycles is that the shape of the electorate—who votes and who does not—is often a decisive factor in...
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The Drowning-Out Effect: Voter Turnout and Protests
Conventional wisdom suggests that a high turnout in a free and fair election would be laudable; it might signify proper representation and hence...
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Linking Primary Voter Mindsets to General Election Enthusiasm
For decades scholars and pundits alike have been interested in questions about divisive presidential primaries. However, most analyses examine how...
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Correlates of Voter Turnout
Despite decades of research, there is no consensus as to the core correlates of national-level voter turnout. We argue that this is, in part, due to...
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Political Development: Payoffs to the Voter Base and Corruption
This chapter examines the political development of Trinidad and Tobago (TT) with a focus on payoffs to the voter base and corruption. TT can be...
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The Rite to Vote: Community Interactions and Grassroots Voter Participation in China
Voting in China’s grassroots elections is more of a ritual than a right. For most citizens especially in the urban areas, the results of the local...
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Inclusion and Exclusion in Ghana’s Electoral Democracy: An Analysis of Voter Registration and Turnout in Border Communities in Ghana
Voter participation is a critical aspect of elections and democracy worldwide. One of the benefits of elections in a democracy is higher citizens’...
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Working Hard or Hardly Working? Gender and Voter Evaluations of Legislator Productivity
Do women have to work harder in office to be evaluated the same as men? When running for office, studies show that women are, on average, more...
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National or partisan representation: do politicians’ perceptions of the opinions of these voter groups depend on party characteristics?
Research shows that political parties are not equally responsive to the general public opinion and to their party voters’ preferences. This study...
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How Does a Relative Economy Affect Voter Turnout?
Existing studies offer conflicting analyses of the effect of the economy on voter turnout; some studies suggest that a poor economy leads to lower...
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Not as expected: the role of performance expectations in voter responses to election pledge fulfilment
Not only the content, but also the context of election pledges should affect how voters respond to broken and fulfilled pledges. Borrowing from other...