Political Trust, Satisfaction and Voter Turnout

Grönlund, Kimmo; Setälä, Maija

doi:10.1057/palgrave.cep.6110113

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“…Among a large, representative sample, higher system confidence was associated with higher likelihood of voting, in line with past research linking voter turnout with trust in the government and satisfaction with the political system (e.g., Grönlund & Setälä, 2007).…”

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What inverted U can do for your country: A curvilinear relationship between confidence in the social system and political engagement.

Cichocka

Górska

Jost

et al. 2018

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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We examined the link between political engagement and the tendency to justify the sociopolitical system. On one hand, confidence in the system should be negatively related to political engagement, insofar as it entails reduced desire for social change; on the other hand, system confidence should also be positively related to political engagement to the extent that it carries an assumption that the system is responsive to citizens' political efforts. Because of the combination of these 2 opposing forces, the motivation for political engagement should be highest at intermediate levels of system confidence. Five studies revealed a negative quadratic relationship between system confidence and normative political engagement. In 2 representative surveys, Polish participants with moderate levels of system confidence were more likely to vote in political elections (Study 1) and to participate in solidarity-based collective action (Study 2). Two field studies demonstrated a negative quadratic relationship between system confidence and actual participation in political demonstrations (gender equality and teachers' protests in Poland; Studies 3 and 4). This pattern of results was further corroborated by analyses of data from 50 countries drawn from the World Value Survey: we observed negative quadratic relationships between system confidence and collective action as well as voting. These relationships were stronger in democratic (vs. nondemocratic) regimes (Study 5). Our results suggest that some degree of system confidence might be useful to stimulate political engagement within the norms of the system.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 87%

What inverted U can do for your country: A curvilinear relationship between confidence in the social system and political engagement.

Cichocka

Górska

Jost

et al. 2018

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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“…The lack of UK year-on-year public distrust surveys has led us to use voter turnout in general elections as a proxy for 'Public Distrust'. Grönlund and Setälä's (2007) study shows that levels of distrust and voter turnout are strongly correlated (see also Kong 2014). The cross-national study of 22 European democracies finds that 'perceived legitimacy' or 'diffuse support' has a strong positive correlation with election turnout.…”

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Modeling Social Pressures Toward Political Instability in the United Kingdom after 1960: A Demographic Structural Analysis

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Mazzeo

Meshcherina

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“…We assume this perception of expertise because in most modern democracies, the set of experts to which the division of labor delegates the information-provider function includes politicians, interest groups, the government, and/or professional information gatherers (Downs 1957). This assumption is further supported by Grönlund and Setälä's (2007) analysis of European Social Survey (2002-2003 data, which finds that citizens in the Nordic countries, Switzerland, and…”

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Bounded Rationality and Voting Decisions Exploring a 160-Year Period

Stadelmann

Torgler

2012

SSRN Journal

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Using a natural voting experiment in Switzerland that encompasses a 160-year period (1848-2009), we investigate whether a higher level of complexity leads to increased reliance on expert knowledge. We find that when more referenda are held on the same day, constituents are more likely to refer to parliamentary recommendations in making their decisions. This finding holds true even when we narrow our focus to referenda with a relatively lower voter turnout on days on which more than one referendum was held. We also show that when constituents face a higher level of complexity, they listen to parliament rather than interest groups. Terms of use: Documents inJEL-Code: D030, D720, D830, H700.Keywords: bounded rationality, voting, referenda attention, rules of thumb. David Stadelmann

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Political Trust, Satisfaction and Voter Turnout

Cited by 229 publications

References 28 publications

What inverted U can do for your country: A curvilinear relationship between confidence in the social system and political engagement.

What inverted U can do for your country: A curvilinear relationship between confidence in the social system and political engagement.

Modeling Social Pressures Toward Political Instability in the United Kingdom after 1960: A Demographic Structural Analysis

Bounded Rationality and Voting Decisions Exploring a 160-Year Period

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