Two-Round Systems and Voting Behavior

• In Event: Representation in Time and Space

Brief Overview

We use election results at the polling station level and take advantage of the discontinuity to assign municipalities to two-round elections in Brazil. Preliminary results suggest that runoff elections increase turnout and reduce invalid votes.

Authors

• Thiago M.Q. Moreira, Louisiana State University

• Andrea Junqueira, Arkansas State University-Main Campus

• Hogr Tarkhani, Louisiana State University

• Sanjida Mehrin, Louisiana State University