“…5; Blais ; Cancela and Geys ) and makes the voting population more reflective of the electorate (e.g., Dassonneville, Hooghe, and Miller ; Hoffman, León, and Lombardi ; Jaitman ; Singh ). There is also a burgeoning literature on the effects of compulsory voting on vote choices (e.g., Dassonneville et al., forthcoming; Dassonneville Hooghe, and Miller ; Katz and Levin, ; Selb and Lachat ; Singh , forthcoming‐b), the success of the left and right (e.g., Bechtel, Hangartner, and Schmid ; Birch , 120–28; Fowler ; Hoffman, León, and Lombardi ; Miller and Dassonneville ), political sophistication (e.g., Birch , chap. 4; Córdova and Rangel ; de Leon and Rizzi ; León ; Loewen, Milner, and Hicks ; Sheppard ; Shineman ), and attitudes toward democracy (e.g., Birch , 112–15; Singh, forthcoming‐a).…”