The Electoral Consequences of Increasing Voter Turnout: New Evidence from a Natural Experiment

• In Event: JSS SESSION: Participation in Comparative Perspective

Brief Overview

This study empirically tests the assumed association between levels of political participation and support for left-wing parties and policies. To do so, it leverages an exogenous shock to voter turnout due to the introduction of compulsory voting.

Author

• Alexander Held, University of British Columbia and Yale University