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 …

14,000 voters in ten Australian elections between 1966 and 2001, I explore the impact that individual, local and national … factors have on voters’ decisions. In these ten elections, the poor, foreign-born, younger voters, voters born since 1950, men …

I explore the voting patterns of trade union members in Australian elections conducted between 1966 and 2004, and find …, unionists have not become more pro-Labor. Analysing unionists’ voting behaviour by gender, I find that male unionists were more … between union membership and voting reflects a causal relationship. …

We review the efficacy of three approaches to forecasting elections: econometric models that project outcomes on the …. While the evidence for economic voting has historically been weak for Australia, the 2004 election suggests an increasingly …

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 …

We review the efficacy of three approaches to forecasting elections: econometric models that project outcomes on the …. While the evidence for economic voting has historically been weak for Australia, the 2004 election suggests an increasingly …

Previous models of the popular vote in U.S. Presidential elections emphasize economic growth and price stability, the …