Essays about: "voter turnout"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 38 essays containing the words voter turnout.

  1. 6. Political apathy in Japan: A study on how Japanese political parties address youth

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Axel Bergman Engman; [2022]
    Keywords : Japan; Youth; Election; Political participation; Political apathy; Voter turnout; Discourse analysis; Discourse theory; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Political participation among Japanese youth has been on a steady decline since the peak of the major activist and protest movements of the 60s and 70s. Legislation, restrictions, and social realities have also contributed to the strained relationship between youth and politics. READ MORE

  3. 7. THE ROLE OF BENEFITS AND COSTS The COVID-19 pandemic effect on presidential election-2020 in the United States

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Aniya Samandi; [2021-10-13]
    Keywords : COVID-19; Rational choice model; Voter turnout; U.S. presidential elections;

    Abstract : The year of 2020 was the most challenging year in modern history, where it will be remembered as the year that the COVID-19 pandemic took place. The COVID-19 pandemic led to worldwide lockdowns, where people all over the world had to adjust to a new lifestyle. READ MORE

  4. 8. Context Sensitive Civic Duty : An Experimental Study of how Corruption Affects both a Duty to Vote and a Duty to Abstain

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Simon Engström; [2021]
    Keywords : electoral turnout; voting; abstention; civic duty; civic duty to vote; civic duty to abstain; expressive voting; expressive non-voting; expressive abstention; rational choice; public choice; calculus of voting; utility maximization; rationality; Kant; kantianism;

    Abstract : In this thesis I explore a novel context sensitive conceptualisation of civic duty according to which the conduct (or misconduct) of elected officials affects whether eligible voters feel either a duty to vote (DTV) or a duty to abstain (DTA). Specifically, I argue that under conditions of corruption the norm of electoral accountability may override peoples’ sense of DTV in which case they instead feel a DTA. READ MORE

  5. 9. Adapting to Democracy: Voter Turnout Among Immigrants from Authoritarian Regimes

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Andreas Haugen; [2021]
    Keywords : Voter Turnout; Political Participation; Voting; Election; Immigration; Authoritarian regimes; Country Fixed Effects;

    Abstract : Voting in an election is the most basic and fundamental form of political participation in a democracy. Citizens are given the opportunity to elect legislators that take political decisions on their behalf. READ MORE

  6. 10. Language recognition and voter turnout : Insights from India

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Erland Kjellén; [2021]
    Keywords : India; Elections; Language policy; Political participation; Voter turnout;

    Abstract : Few studies have investigated the impact of language policies on voter turnout. India is one of the most linguistically diverse countries in the world, where hundreds of languages are spoken by the population, but only certain languages are granted official status. READ MORE