turnout provided by the voting age restriction. I improve on previous studies by investigating political attitudes, measured … just before elections, when they are highly predictive of voting. In contrast to earlier studies I find no effect of voting …Cognitive dissonance theory predicts that the act of voting makes people more positive toward the party or candidate …

turnout provided by the voting age restriction. I improve on previous studies by investigating political attitudes, measured … just before elections, when they are highly predictive of voting. In contrast to earlier studies I find no effect of voting …Cognitive dissonance theory predicts that the act of voting makes people more positive toward the party or candidate …

In this paper we analyze the consequences of the fairness recommendation of the Venice Commission in allocating voting …

issues, in order to influence voting decisions of marginal groups, with non trivial consequences for turnout rates. In my … model of probabilistic voting, I derive equilibrium campaign strategies of the candidates and predictions on turnout. The … effects on different groups of voters, to explain turnout rates actually observed. We also show descriptive evidence on US …

US voters have been moving apart in the last twenty years. This paper analyzes how their voting participation has … partitioned by looking at US counties in the 2012 Presidential elections. To tackle this question, we propose a methodology that …

turnout, an increase in campaign contributions to the Democrats and an increase in the share of Democratic vote. We then … estimates confirm a positive impact of broadband diffusion on turnout, while the pro-Democratic Party effect of the internet …