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An International Journal on Voting and Electoral Systems and Strategy
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In this @electoralstudies.bsky.social piece, @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social examines the causality between education and voter-turnout, finding that education does not affect voter turnout in Swedish elections but does matter for the #Europeanelections.

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Education and voter turnout revisited: Evidence from a Swedish twin sample with validated turnout data
The association between education and voter turnout is well-established in almost a century of research. The causal status of this correlation, howeve…
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November 6, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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@electoralstudies.bsky.social If you’re interested in academic studies of political polarisation we have loads of great papers at Electoral Studies. Check out this one by Joseph Phillips www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Affective polarization and habits of political participation
Affective polarization, or relative dislike of opposing partisans, is associated with several negative outcomes for democracy. However, a number of st…
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October 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
...and another by @pierre-lue.bsky.social and @alinazumbrunn.bsky.social who also identify a differential effect by municipality in the Swiss context.

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October 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
...which neatly ties to research on the effect of prepaid postage in particular. We have not one but two papers here for you! One by Jenny Yin, Thomas Willi and @lucasleemann.bsky.social on the effect of prepaid postage on turnout in Switzerland

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October 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
And if you are wondering what makes a voter choose the post to begin with, you should check out this study by @beluabdala.bsky.social on the impact of the costs associated with different voting methods

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October 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
...in contrast to the study above, @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social @hannawass.bsky.social and Johanna Peltoniemi find that in Finland, the implementation of postal voting had a negligible effect on turnout across low-participation areas

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October 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
But what about the impact of postal voting on turnout, you ask? Well check out this article by @adambonica.bsky.social, Jacob Grumbach, Charlotte Hill & @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social on mail-in ballots and turnout in Colorado

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October 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
First up we have this fascinating study by Joshua Townsley and @turnbulldugarte.com
on parties campaign strategies to recruit postal voters
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October 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Our latest @chesdata.bsky.social dataset on party positions was announced in @electoralstudies.bsky.social. They have a great dataset section.
September 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM