Many thanks also to @theresareidy.bsky.social, the editor of the special issue on Cleavage Referendums that featured this article! You can find the full issue here: www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...

We focused particularly on social media advertising throughout the referendum campaign, finding evidence for active and passive depoliticization strategies from the side in favour of the abolition that ultimately resonated with Danish voters.

3/3. The RefCFRI provides a robust tool for studying the effects of finance regulation on fairness and democracy.

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2/3. Key contribution: The Referendum Campaign Finance Regulation Index (RefCFRI), based on a dataset covering 143 countries and 39 regulation types, captures global variation in referendum finance rules providing insights into campaign finance regulation

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