The impact of party polarization and postmaterialism on voter turnout
The impact of party polarization and postmaterialism on voter turnout
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政党两极分化和后物质主义对选民投票率的影响
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1990
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Markus M. L. Crepaz
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Markus M. L. Crepaz
。以前对选民投票率的研究得出的结论是，强制性投票、登记法和选举制度的不成比例程度等体制因素对投票人数具有决定性影响。这篇文章超越了这样的制度解释。根据假设，一个为选民提供大量政治选择的多元化政治格局，比一个政党之间差异很小的政治制度，更有可能有更高的选民投票率。政治表达的范围越大，就会有越多的人受到刺激去投票。这项研究发现，政党两极分化程度较高的国家的投票率明显高于政治光谱较窄的国家。此外，国民议会中有“后物质主义政党”的国家的投票率也明显高于没有这种政党的国家。为了解释选民投票率的决定因素，不仅必须引入制度变量，还必须引入政党数量、政党类型和政党两极分化等内在政治变量。要解决选民投票率参差不齐的难题，必须重新引入“政治”。
. Previous research on voter turnout has concluded that institutional factors such as compulsory voting, registration laws and the degree of disproportionality of the electoral system have a determining impact on the number of people who cast their ballots. This article goes beyond such an institutional explanation. It is hypothesized that a diverse political landscape which offers a great menu of political choices to electors is more likely to have a higher voter turnout than a political system in which the differences between the parties are small. The greater the range of political expression available the more people are stimulated to vote. This study found that countries with a high party polarization have significantly higher turnout rates than countries with a rather narrow political spectrum. In addition, countries in which a ‘postmaterialist party’is present in the national parliament also display significantly higher voter turnout rates than countries which lack such a party. In order to explain the determinants of voter turnout, not only institutional variables but also intrinsically political variables such as the number of parties, the type of parties and party polarization have to be introduced. To solve the puzzle of varying voter turnout rates, ‘politics’has to be brought back in.