Sept/Oct 2013
Aff Counters CV Does Change Outcomes
foundationbriefs.com
Page 70 of 104
CV does change election outcomes
Methodology: author compares election results before and after CV across Australian states.
Fowler, Anthony. "Electoral and Policy Consequences of Voter Turnout Evidence from
Compulsory Voting in Australia" Quarterly Journal of Political Science 8.2 (2013):
159-182.
In order to test the effect of compulsory voting on election results, I have collected the results of every state legislative assembly election from 1910 to 1950.5 The six Australian states provide an excellent opportunity to test for the effects of near-universal turnout because they adopted compulsory voting at different times. Employing a differences-in-differences design, I estimate the effect of compulsory voting on three different dependent variables voter turnout, Labor Party vote share, and Labor Party seat share. As compulsory voting is implemented in one state, we can compare that state’s changes in voting behavior with the changes of other states at the same time. (168-169)
Share with your friends: |
