Explaining Low Turnout in EP Elections: Voter’s Perceptions of the European Parliament

Clark, Nick

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“…Put differently, the skewed sample is the price we pay in the present study for high internal validity. Accordingly, it is important that quasi‐experimental studies like this one are supplemented by observational studies of several European countries, which have lower internal validity, but which can reveal more general patterns (see, for example, Clark, ).…”

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“…Instead, being informed about the EU has been used to explain attitudes towards European integration (Clark and Hellwig, ), responsibility attribution (Hobolt et al ., ) and democratic quality (Karp et al ., ). In fact, while the previous literature has identified a positive correlation between political knowledge and turnout (Clark, ), no study has tried to grapple with the problems of identifying the effect of information on turnout at European Parliament elections. This is surprising for at least two reasons: first, EU officials, politicians as well as journalists covering EU politics often point to the different amount of attention which European and national politics receive when explaining low turnout rates (Gattermann, ).…”

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Can Information Increase Turnout in European Parliament Elections? Evidence from a Quasi‐experiment in Denmark

Hogh

Larsen

2016

J of Common Market Studies

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We examine the effect of information on turnout at a European Parliament election in Denmark. We utilize a quasi‐experimental design to sidestep the substantial problems related to causal inference associated with identifying the effect of information. Specifically, we look at a group of Danish first‐time voters, some of whom were exogenously exposed to information in the run‐up to the 2014 European Parliament election, by participating in a one‐day workshop about EU (European Union) politics. We find that those who participated were more knowledgeable about and more likely to vote in the upcoming European Parliament election. This suggests that increasing political participation in the EU could, in part, be a matter of exposing the European public to more information about EU politics.

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Can Information Increase Turnout in European Parliament Elections? Evidence from a Quasi‐experiment in Denmark

Hogh

Larsen

2016

J of Common Market Studies

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Surprising Elections in Exciting Times? Of Proxies and Second-Order Events in the 2014 European Election in Cyprus

Charalambous

Papageorgiou

Pegasiou

2015

South European Society and Politics

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Information effects and mass support for EU policy control

Clark

Hellwig

2012

European Union Politics

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Democracy requires an active and informed citizenry. Citizen engagement is all the more critical in complex environments such as the European Union (EU). This article examines how having an informed public matters for support for European-level policy competencies. Is public skepticism of EU authority shaped by a lack of knowledge, or are attitudes about policy jurisdiction in Europe’s multilevel system unbiased by information? Our analysis of collective opinion in 27 issue areas reveals that, in nearly every case, a paucity of knowledge about the EU reduces popular support for European policy control. Further analyses show that possessing knowledge of Europe’s institutions affects support for EU authority in areas involving cross-border political issues. In contrast, we find no consistent biasing effect on opinions about control over economic issues.

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Explaining Low Turnout in EP Elections: Voter’s Perceptions of the European Parliament

Cited by 3 publications

References 55 publications

Can Information Increase Turnout in European Parliament Elections? Evidence from a Quasi‐experiment in Denmark

Can Information Increase Turnout in European Parliament Elections? Evidence from a Quasi‐experiment in Denmark

Surprising Elections in Exciting Times? Of Proxies and Second-Order Events in the 2014 European Election in Cyprus

Information effects and mass support for EU policy control

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