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Voter turnout and constituency marginality: geography and rational choice
Author(s) -
Pattie C J,
Johnston R J
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1475-4762
pISSN - 0004-0894
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4762.1998.tb00046.x
Subject(s) - turnout , closeness , competition (biology) , context (archaeology) , survey data collection , voter turnout , demographic economics , political science , sociology , geography , economic geography , economics , voting , politics , law , statistics , mathematics , archaeology , biology , mathematical analysis , ecology
Summary Variation in turnout between constituencies is often taken as an example of a contextual effect in electoral behaviour, with voters reacting to local factors such as the closeness of the competition in each seat. However, detailed analysis of survey data from the 1987 and 1992 British general elections suggests that turnout is not affected by local context.