Essays about: "first-order elections"

Found 4 essays containing the words first-order elections.

1. 1. THE IMPLICATION OF POLITICAL KNOWLEDGE ON AGGREGATE ELECTION RESULTS

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Ylva Larsson; [2022-10-03]
   Keywords : Political Knowledge; Political Information; Voting; European Parliament Elections; Swedish parliamentary elections; First- and second order elections; Sweden; 2009; 2010; 2014;

   Abstract : Political knowledge is a key concept in research on democracy, elections, and political behavior.1 While several studies that examine political knowledge’s effects on the aggregate election results have been conducted, none of them compare knowledge effects across types of elections. READ MORE

3. 2. PROMOTING ELECTORAL TURNOUT THROUGH VOTING ADVICE APPLICATIONS? A comparative approach between the Swedish parliamentary election 2018 and the European Parliament election 2019

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Kajsa Evertsson; [2020-11-25]
   Keywords : Voting Advice Applications; VAAs; elections; Sweden; European Union; European Parliament; European Parliament elections; Swedish parliamentary elections; first-order elections; second-order elections; voting behaviour; electoral turnout; second-order election theory; rational choice theory; election campaigns; campaign efforts;

   Abstract : As the only directly elected institution within the European Union (EU), the European Parliament (EP) elections aim to function as the clear link between the citizens and the EU. However, the EP elections are characterized by low turnout and lack of interest compared to national elections. READ MORE

4. 3. Boosting turnout in second-order elections - A quantitative study on the benefits of holding local elections at the same day as the European Parliament election

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Robin Björk; [2017]
   Keywords : Turnout; Concurrent elections; European Parliament; Second-order; Cost of voting; Salience; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Since the installment of direct elections to the European Parliament, turnout has been falling. The implications of low, and ever falling, turnout are many. By holding second-order elections in the form of local elections on the same day as the election for the European Parliament, which also is a second-order election, turnout increases. READ MORE

5. 4. If Election were Held Today. The temporal proximity-effect and the polls.

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Andreas Eriksson; [2014-11-21]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This thesis tests Franklin & Weber's finding that national elections have a temporal proximity-effect. They find that when a first-order election is closer in time, voters in second-order elections behave more similar to voters in a first-order election. READ MORE