It's a Group Thing: How Voters go to the Polls Together
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It's a Group Thing : How Voters go to the Polls Together. / Bhatti, Yosef; Fieldhouse, Edward; Hansen, Kasper M.
In: Political Behavior, Vol. 42, No. 1, 2020, p. 1-34.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - It's a Group Thing
T2 - How Voters go to the Polls Together
AU - Bhatti, Yosef
AU - Fieldhouse, Edward
AU - Hansen, Kasper M.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Across European Parliament, local and general elections in Denmark between half and three quarters of voters in households with multiple voters cast their vote within a minute of another household member. This finding, revealed using data from a time-stamped voter panel covering more than two million Danish voters, establishes that many families visit the polling station together. The result are replicated using survey data from Denmark, the UK and a range of other countries, indicating that voting together is a widespread phenomenon, supporting the characterization of voting as a social act. For the first time our analysis reveals that acquiring a potential voting partner increases turnout, whilst losing one decreases turnout.
AB - Across European Parliament, local and general elections in Denmark between half and three quarters of voters in households with multiple voters cast their vote within a minute of another household member. This finding, revealed using data from a time-stamped voter panel covering more than two million Danish voters, establishes that many families visit the polling station together. The result are replicated using survey data from Denmark, the UK and a range of other countries, indicating that voting together is a widespread phenomenon, supporting the characterization of voting as a social act. For the first time our analysis reveals that acquiring a potential voting partner increases turnout, whilst losing one decreases turnout.
KW - Turnout
KW - Social norms
KW - Political participation
KW - UK
KW - Denmark
KW - TURNOUT
KW - FAMILY
KW - PARTICIPATION
KW - MOBILIZATION
KW - HOUSEHOLD
KW - CONTEXT
U2 - 10.1007/s11109-018-9484-2
DO - 10.1007/s11109-018-9484-2
M3 - Journal article
VL - 42
SP - 1
EP - 34
JO - Political Behavior
JF - Political Behavior
SN - 0190-9320
IS - 1
ER -
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