Book chapter
Mobilized Voter Turnout and the Spread of Regional Authoritarianism
The Regional Roots of Russia's Political Regime, p.117
University of Michigan Press
01/09/2017
DOI: 10.3998/mpub.9281269.9
Abstract
We have now traced the cross-regional differences in gubernatorial voting patterns. In this chapter, we turn to a different indicator of regional political differences: participation in major elections—that is, voter turnout. Any polity holding elections benefits when a high proportion of the eligible population votes. Among other reasons, high turnout indicates public support for the political system of which the elections are part and thereby legitimizes those in power. As noted in chapter 2, post-Soviet Russia’s leaders have been particularly concerned about turnout, in part because until 2006 elections with inadequate turnout were invalid and required new elections.
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Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Mobilized Voter Turnout and the Spread of Regional Authoritarianism
- Creators
- William M. ReisingerBryon J. Moraski
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- The Regional Roots of Russia's Political Regime, p.117
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- DOI
- 10.3998/mpub.9281269.9
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/09/2017
- Academic Unit
- International Programs; Political Science
- Record Identifier
- 9983988989502771
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