Retrospective Voting and Public Health: Evidence from Japan

• In Event: Public Health, COVID-19, and Electoral Behavior

Brief Overview

We argue that, in the presence of focusing events, the public uses information about adverse public health outcomes to evaluate office-holders. Results from our survey support our theory.

Authors

• Charles Crabtree, Dartmouth College

• Sota Kato, International University of Japan

• Iku Yoshimoto, The University of Tokyo