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What does it take to make it to the polling station? The effects of campaign activities on electoral participation

L. Sudulich, Siim Trumm Orcid Logo, S. Trumm

Party Politics

Swansea University Author: Siim Trumm Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1177/1354068816647209

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This study explores the extent to which campaign visibility facilitates electoral participation, using data from first- and second-order elections in Britain. Our contribution to the existing literature is threefold. First, we assess whether the effects of campaign effort are conditioned by marginal...

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ISSN: 1460-3683
Published: 2016
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