How safe are "safe" seats? A comparison of voluntary and compulsory voting
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How safe are "safe" seats? A comparison of voluntary and compulsory voting
Fry, Tim R. L. | Jakee, Keith | Kenneally, Martin | 2009
Resumo
Many observers have expressed concern that low voter turnout reflects an acute shortcoming in democratic politics. One remedy, making voting compulsory, has garnered increasing attention among academics over recent years. Our article focuses on some of the technical properties of compulsory voting rules (CVR) while ignoring the philosophical debate over wherther voting should be an obligation or a right. Using basic probability analysis, we compare a voluntary voting rule (VVR) to a compulsory one. We show that, under certain conditions, an electoral seat or district can become safer - or less competitive - with the imposition of a CVR. We also discuss some political implications of our analysis. For example, when generalized to, say, the national political system, this result implies fewer competitive seats in a CVR compared to a VVR, everything else equal. We contend that, because fewer seats will be in play in a CVR, cvrs should exhibit lower turnover attention - and resoucers - on this smaller set of competitive seats than we would expect under a VVR.
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Voto obrigatório; Sistema eleitoral; Resultado; Política; Eleições
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FRY, Tim R. L; JAKEE, Keith; KENNEALLY, Martin. How safe are "safe" seats? A comparison of voluntary and compulsory Voting. Brazilian Political Science Review, São Paulo, v. 3, n. 1, p. 94-103, 2009.
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