All-mail voting in Colorado increases turnout and reduces turnout inequality [0.03%]
科罗拉多州的全部邮寄投票增加了投票率并减少了投票不平等现象
Adam Bonica,Jacob M Grumbach,Charlotte Hill et al.
Adam Bonica et al.
The COVID-19 crisis has generated interest in all-mail voting (AMV) as a potential policy solution for avoiding in-person elections. However, the quality of AMV implementation has varied greatly across states, leading to mixed results in pr...
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in a polarized political system: Lessons from the 2020 election [0.03%]
新冠疫情对极化政治体系的影响：来自2020年大选的启示
Jon D Miller,Logan T Woods,Jason Kalmbach
Jon D Miller
Given the deep polarization of the American political system in recent decades, was the 2020 presidential election an extension of the pre-existing partisan coalitions or did the Covid-19 pandemic and its economic consequences have a signif...
Communicating safety precautions can help maintain in-person voter turnout during a pandemic [0.03%]
沟通安全预防措施有助于在疫情期间维持现场投票人数
Eric Merkley,Thomas Bergeron,Peter John Loewen et al.
Eric Merkley et al.
Scholars have linked cost and life stress to lower voter turnout with clear implications for voting during the COVID-19 pandemic. We ask whether COVID-19 reduces turnout intention and how election agencies can mitigate this effect. We use a...
The downstream consequences of long waits: How lines at the precinct depress future turnout [0.03%]
长时间的等待所带来的后续影响：选举中的长队如何影响日后的投票人数
Stephen Pettigrew
Stephen Pettigrew
Researchers have increasingly paid attention to the impact that the administrative component of elections has on voter behavior. Existing research has focused almost exclusively on the effect that legal changes--such as voter identification...
Survey questions about party competence: Insights from cognitive interviews [0.03%]
关于执政能力的调查问题：认知访谈中的启示
Markus Wagner,Eva Zeglovits
Markus Wagner
Voter assessments of party competence have become a key explanation of electoral decision-making. However, there are at least three important aspects to understanding responses to questions on issue-specific party competence: comprehension ...
Using Elicited Choice Probabilities in Hypothetical Elections to Study Decisions to Vote [0.03%]
运用假设选举中的诱发型选择概率研究投票决定
Adeline Delavande,Charles F Manski
Adeline Delavande
This paper demonstrates the feasibility and usefulness of survey research asking respondents to report voting probabilities in hypothetical election scenarios. Posing scenarios enriches the data available for studies of voting decisions, as...
Markus Wagner,David Johann,Sylvia Kritzinger
Markus Wagner
Critics of giving citizens under 18 the right to vote argue that such teenagers lack the ability and motivation to participate effectively in elections. If this argument is true, lowering the voting age would have negative consequences for ...
Representative misconduct, voter perceptions and accountability: Evidence from the 2009 House of Commons expenses scandal [0.03%]
议员不当行为、选民认知与问责制：来自2009年英国下院开支丑闻的证据
Nick Vivyan,Markus Wagner,Jessica Tarlov
Nick Vivyan
This paper examines electoral accountability after the 2009-10 UK expenses scandal. Existing research shows that Members of Parliament (MPs) implicated in the scandal fared only marginally worse in the election than non-implicated colleague...