Browsing Scientific articles by Journals "Electoral Studies: an international journal on voting and electoral systems and strategy"

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    • Age and Vote Choice: Is There a Conservative Shift among Older Voters? 

      Geys, Benny; Heggedal, Tom-Reiel; Sørensen, Rune Jørgen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Ageing is often believed to induce a movement towards the right of the political spectrum. Yet, empirical evidence remains inconclusive due to a dearth of longitudinal datasets covering multiple cohorts. Using eleven ...

    • Elections and Selfishness 

      Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Galle, Simon; Berge, Lars Ivar Oppedal; Miguel, Edward; Posner, Daniel; Tungodden, Bertil; Zhang, Kelly (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Elections affect the division of resources in society and are occasions for political elites to make appeals rooted in voters' self-interest. Hence, elections may erode altruistic norms and cause people to behave more ...

    • Information, Perceptions, and Electoral Behaviour of Young Voters: A Randomised Controlled Experiment 

      Carvalho, Bruno; Custódio, Claudia; Geys, Benny; Mendes, Diogo; Peralta, Susana (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The way people absorb and process politically relevant information is central to their subsequent political behaviour (in terms of turnout and vote choice). Nonetheless, little is known about how young voters – who might ...

    • Party Cues and Incumbent Assessments under Multilevel Governance 

      Geys, Benny; schönhage, Nanna Lauritz (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Politicians' party membership allows voters to overcome incomplete information issues. In this article, we maintain that such ‘party cues’ in multilevel governance structures also induce voters to incorporate their assessment ...