Do (too many) elections depress participation? How the position, frequency and nature of domestic ballots affect turnout in European Parliament elections
Fiche du document
10 juin 2024
- handle: 10670/1.z6amaf
- halshs: halshs-04610584
- doi: 10.1177/14651165241257779
Ce document est lié à :
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1177/14651165241257779
Ce document est lié à :
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement//770142/EU/Reconciling Europe with its Citizens through Democracy and Rule of Law/RECONNECT
Sujets proches
Electoral politics Franchise PollsCiter ce document
François Briatte et al., « Do (too many) elections depress participation? How the position, frequency and nature of domestic ballots affect turnout in European Parliament elections », HAL-SHS : sciences politiques, ID : 10.1177/14651165241257779
Métriques
Partage / Export
Résumé
In Europe, the multiplication of elections makes the election calendar a decisive issue given the decreasing participatory trend. Turnout is expected to be higher in simultaneous elections, while it lessens if several elections are held over a short period. The saliency of the preceding ballot may also affect participation in the next one. In this article, we argue that these temporal effects are crucial for European Parliament elections due to their second-order nature. We analyse how the position, frequency and nature of domestic ballots affect European Parliament elections turnout since 1979. Our results indicate that the participation level is less affected by the timing of elections than by their overall frequency. The type of preceding election also matters, although not the second-order nature per se.