Do Arguments of a Mini-Public Make a Difference to Voters? Evidence from a Swiss Pilot Linked to a Popular Vote

• In Event: Voter Behavior and Attitudes

Brief Overview

We test the effects of the Citizens’ Initiative Review on the larger public’s convictions prior to a federal popular ballot initiative using a field experiment comprising a thousand voters within a Swiss municipality.

Authors

• Alexander Matthias Geisler, University of Geneva

• Nenad Stojanovic, University of Geneva