A look into the mirror: Preferences, representation and electoral participation

被引：18

作者：

Dinas, Elias ^{[1
]}

Trechsel, Alexander H. ^{[2
,3
]}

Vassil, Kristjan ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Oxford, Oxford OX1 2JD, England

[2] European Univ Inst, Fiesole, FI, Italy

[3] Harvard Univ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[4] Univ Tartu, Inst Govt & Polit, EE-51003 Tartu, Estonia

来源：

ELECTORAL STUDIES | 2014年 / 36卷

关键词：

Voting advice application; Mobilization; Representative deficit;

D O I：

10.1016/j.electstud.2014.04.011

中图分类号：

D0 [政治学、政治理论];

学科分类号：

0302 ; 030201 ;

摘要：

Voting Advice Applications (VAA) are often praised as tools helping users to find their best matching candidates or parties. Using such tools, so the claim goes, might trigger a positive impact on electoral participation. We show that the relationship between VAA usage and the intention to take part in elections indeed exists. The mechanism through which users are drawn to the polls or, inversely, detracted from taking part in the elections is, however, primarily working through the extent with which users' preferences overlap with those of the political parties running in the campaign. The further users find themselves away - in terms of this overlap - from the political parties, the higher the probability of a VAA deterring this user from participating. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：290 / 297

页数：8

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