Turning out but not voting: invalid ballots in post-communist parliamentary elections
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62690094%3A18460%2F20%3A50016573" target="_blank" >RIV/62690094:18460/20:50016573 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/61989592:15210/20:73594232
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41295-019-00168-3" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41295-019-00168-3</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41295-019-00168-3" target="_blank" >10.1057/s41295-019-00168-3</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Turning out but not voting: invalid ballots in post-communist parliamentary elections
Original language description
Large numbers of invalid votes in elections can present a threat to the legitimacy of democratic systems. Focusing on the post-communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe, three theoretical models explaining the incidence of invalid votes are tested using aggregated data from all legislative elections. While the protest behavior powerfully shapes the incidence of invalid votes in less democratic countries, complex electoral systems and concurrent elections are also associated with high levels of invalid voting (indicating voters’ error). Conversely, we find that most socioeconomic variables are weak predictors of invalid voting while controlling for institutional and political variables in the region. The study has policy implications that the simple electoral design should be preferred.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50601 - Political science
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA13-30062S" target="_blank" >GA13-30062S: Determinants of Invalid Voting in the Czech Republic in Comparison with Other Post-Communist Countries</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Comparative European Politics
ISSN
1472-4790
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
18
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
25
Pages from-to
190-214
UT code for WoS article
000523031300005
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85062961932