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What does it take to make it to the polling station? The effects of campaign activities on electoral participation

Trumm, Siim; Sudulich, Laura

Authors

SIIM TRUMM SIIM.TRUMM@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Associate Professor

Laura Sudulich



Abstract

This study explores the extent to which campaign visibility facilitates electoral participation, using data from first- and second-order elections in Britain. Our contribution to the existing literature is threefold. First, we assess whether the effects of campaign effort are conditioned by marginality, finding that campaign mobilisation gets out the vote regardless of the competitiveness of the race. Second, we look at the relative ability of different campaign activities to stimulate turnout, detecting significant differences. Third, we show that the effects of campaign effort on electoral participation are rather similar in first- and second-order elections. These findings suggest that a greater level of electoral information provided by campaign activities does reduce the cost of voting. Local campaigns play a key role in bringing voters to the polls in marginal and non-marginal races, and at general elections as much as at second-order elections.

Citation

Trumm, S., & Sudulich, L. (2018). What does it take to make it to the polling station? The effects of campaign activities on electoral participation. Party Politics, 24(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068816647209

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 3, 2016
Online Publication Date May 10, 2016
Publication Date Mar 1, 2018
Deposit Date Sep 20, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Party Politics
Print ISSN 1354-0688
Electronic ISSN 1460-3683
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 24
Issue 2
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068816647209
Keywords Campaign Information, Competitiveness, Devolution, Electoral Participation, Great Britain
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/918502
Publisher URL http://ppq.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/04/29/1354068816647209
Related Public URLs https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa27098/Details#description

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