Sökning: "first-order elections"
Hittade 4 uppsatser innehållade orden first-order elections.
1. THE IMPLICATION OF POLITICAL KNOWLEDGE ON AGGREGATE ELECTION RESULTS
Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER
2. PROMOTING ELECTORAL TURNOUT THROUGH VOTING ADVICE APPLICATIONS? A comparative approach between the Swedish parliamentary election 2018 and the European Parliament election 2019
Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER
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
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER
4. If Election were Held Today. The temporal proximity-effect and the polls.
Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER