Most people believe democracy is a uniquely just form of government. They believe people
have the right to an equal share of political power. And they believe that political …

Research on invalid voting has expanded rapidly over the past few years. This review article
for the first time examines its principal findings and provides a new theoretical perspective …

Despite extensive research on voting, there is little evidence connecting turnout to tangible
outcomes. Would election results and public policy be different if everyone voted? The …

Previous cross-national research on voter turnout has focused attention primarily on
Western industrial democracies, with relatively little attention paid to turnout in developing …

The impetus for writing this book can be traced to a council block in the inner-London
borough of Hackney. Hackney is one of the most deprived local authorities in the UK, and …

This book, in bringing together some of the leading international scholars on electoral
behaviour and communication studies, provides the first ever stock-take of the state of this …

We examine whether MPs and candidates for parliament are motivated by electoral self-
interest, values, ideology, or all of these when evaluating proposals for changing electoral …

A large-scale randomized experiment conducted during the 2012 French presidential and
parliamentary elections shows that voter registration requirements have significant effects on …

In many democracies, voter turnout is low and getting lower. If the people choose not to
govern themselves, should they be forced to do so? For Jason Brennan, compulsory voting …

Institutions' matter'to electoral reform advocates and political scientists-both argue that
variation in electoral institutions affect how elected officials and citizens behave. Change the …