VAAs and voting behavior: experimental evidence from the 2024 European elections

• In Event: Electoral Participation

Brief Overview

VAAs do not influence voter turnout or the frequency of vote switching. They do however influence the quality of vote switching, causing users to vote for the party that is most aligned with their own policy preferences more frequently.

Authors

• Joris Frese, European University Institute

• Simon Hix, London School of Economics and Political Science

• Romain Lachat, Sciences Po