Bundestagswahlen, Landtagswahlen, Kommunalwahlen, Europawahlen–seit Jahren sinkt
die Wahlbeteiligung in Deutschland. Doch was steht hinter diesem Trend und was bedeutet …

Research has investigated numerous factors influencing turnout for European Parliament
elections but paid insufficient attention to the role of campaign influences. Using survey data …

Why do some people support redistributive policies such as a generous welfare state, social
policy or protections for the poor, and others do not? The (often implicit) model behind much …

Elections are at the heart of our democracy. Understanding citizens' decisions to vote or to
abstain in elections is crucial, especially when turnout in so many democracies is declining …

Empirical evidence suggests that e-voting has no measurable effects on turnout. However,
existing studies did (or could) not look at e-voting effects on the individual level. We innovate …

In this paper, we investigate whether income inequality negatively affects voter turnout.
Despite some progress, the answer to this question is still debated due to methodological …

Citizens who voted for a party that won the election are more satisfied with democracy than
those who did not. This winner–loser gap has recently been found to vary with the quality of …

Despite a wealth of literature on the determinants of electoral turnout, little is known about
the cost of voting. Some studies suggest that facilitating voting slightly increases turnout, but …

In the last two decades Voting Advice Applications (VAAs) have become popular tools
among voters, especially in several countries with a multi-party system. In this paper we test …

The college-educated are more likely to vote than are those with less education. Prior
research suggests that the effect of college attendance on voting operates directly, by …