Voting in the Rain: How Election Day Weather Shapes Party Fortunes

• In Event: Voter Motivations & Turnout

Brief Overview

This study analyzes how election-day rainfall affects voter turnout and party support in South Korea’s general elections from 2008 to 2024, finding that rainfall tends to favor progressive parties over conservative ones.

Authors

• ChanHyeok Park, KyungPook National University

• Seok-Joon Kim, KyungPook National University

• Yu Jin Seong, KyungPook National University

• Yea Lin Lee, KyungPook National University