Offsetting the PR Effect?

Vowles, Jack

doi:10.1177/1354068802008005005

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“…The 1996 increase seems to have been associated with a modest increase in the sense of political efficacy (Karp and Banducci, 1999). The 1999 decline appears to be related to reduced party mobilization (Vowles, 2002). 7 Such an exercise would be fraught with huge difficulties, however, as the shift to PR occurred as the same time as the suffrage was being broadened (Boix, 1999;Blais et al, 2005), and it may be impossible to disentangle the two effects.…”

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“…In fact, party mobilization appears to be weaker in PR systems. On one hand, the introduction of a mixed system in New Zealand seems to have reduced the level of party mobilization (Vowles, 2002). Moreover, a comparative analysis of seven countries indicates that party contact is weaker and has a smaller effect on turnout in PR countries (Karp, Banducci and Bowler, forthcoming).…”

Section: Turnout and Party Mobilizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Electoral Systems and Turnout

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Research dealing with contemporary western democracies has consistently shown that turnout is substantially higher under PR, under larger district magnitude, and under more proportional systems in general. That research has failed to explain, however, that how and why PR fosters turnout. Furthermore, the same pattern fails to be replicated in Latin America. Finally, studies that include a wide set of democracies find turnout to be higher under more proportional systems, but the reported impact is quite small. We conclude that the pattern observed in established democracies is not robust and that until we have developed a more compelling explanation for how and why PR fosters turnout, a sceptical position is justified.

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Electoral Systems and Turnout

2006

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“…Comparative Sociology 22 (2023) 259-279 main parties offer voters a clear choice between two main political alternatives, the party that wins the election can form a stable single-party cabinet, and there is clear accountability (Aarts and Thomassen 2008, Jackman 1987, Vowles 2002. In a proportional system in which a coalition governs, it is less clear which party should be held responsible for the decisions made by the government (Högström, Blais, andPlescia 2022, Lundell 2011).…”

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Does Changing an Electoral System to a Mixed System (Really) Affect Voter Turnout and the Party System?

Högström

Dahlberg

2023

Comp. Sociol.

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In this study the authors aim to add to the understanding of whether, and if so how, a change of electoral system affects factors such as voter turnout and the party system, and the authors’ focus has been on changes that result in mixed electoral systems. They used three country cases (Japan, Italy, and New Zealand) to explore patterns in a before-and-after design. The findings suggest that a country cannot expect a significant effect on voter turnout if it decides to change its electoral system to a mixed system. Regarding party system fragmentation, the results show that the change of the electoral system in New Zealand from a plurality system to a mixed member proportional system had a clear and immediately positive effect on the party system. However, the results do not indicate that the changes of electoral systems in Japan and Italy have had any significant effect on the party system.

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“…Although we have focused here on the theoretical literature that expects participation to increase life satisfaction, it is telling that some empirical analyses on a related topic, satisfaction with democracy, assume the reverse. So, for example, a study of survey data surrounding the 2000 Mexican election treats political participation as an outcome, rather than as a predictor, of regime satisfaction (Hiskey and Bowler, 2005), and researchers have attributed low voter turnout in New Zealand in part to decreased levels of satisfaction with democracy there (Vowles, 2002). 5 Confidently establishing the direction of causality using available observational data poses substantial challenges.…”

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Political Participation and Quality of Life

Weitz-Shapiro,

Winters

2008

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Theoretical literatures on procedural utility and the psychological benefits of political participation suggest that people who participate in political activities will be more satisfied with their lives because of the resulting feelings of autonomy, competence and relatedness. Individual-level data from Latin America showin one dataset under study but not in anothera positive and statistically significant relationship between voting and life satisfaction. Variation in desire to vote as measured in Costa Rica, however, suggests that the causal arrow may run from happiness to voting. The use of multilevel models further reveals a consistentbut untheorizedcross-country negative relationship between enforced compulsory voting and happiness. Only preliminary results are found regarding the relationship between some other forms of political participation and life satisfaction.

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Offsetting the PR Effect?

Cited by 44 publications

References 20 publications

Electoral Systems and Turnout

Electoral Systems and Turnout

Does Changing an Electoral System to a Mixed System (Really) Affect Voter Turnout and the Party System?

Political Participation and Quality of Life

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