Al desvincular las elecciones departamentales de las nacionales, la reforma constitucional de 1996 consolidó en el nivel departamental uruguayo sistemas electorales mayoritarios uninominales que ...tienen como eje de la disputa el cargo a intendente. Sin embargo, se conserva el peculiar mecanismo de doble voto simultáneo, determinante para la dinámica de la competencia electoral. Este artículo propone una adaptación de la teoría clásica de la coordinación electoral contemplando los efectos de dicho mecanismo. Se sostiene que el límite superior de candidaturas efectivas esperado es igual a cuatro, el doble que un sistema mayoritario tradicional. Se prueba empíricamente este planteamiento, junto con otras hipótesis comunes en la literatura sobre el tema con datos para Uruguay entre 1971 y 2020.
We combine deed-level data on homeownership with administrative data on voter turnout in local and national elections for more than 18 million individuals in Ohio and North Carolina. Using a ...difference-in-differences design, we find that buying a home leads individuals to participate substantially more in local elections, on average. We also collect data on local ballot initiatives, and we find that the homeowner turnout boost is almost twice as large in times and places where zoning issues are on the ballot. In addition, the effect of homeownership increases with the price of the home purchase, suggesting that asset investment may be an important mechanism for the participatory effects. Overall, the results suggest that individual economic circumstances importantly influence political beliefs and behavior and suggest that homeowners have special influence in American politics in part because their ownership motivates them to pay attention and participate.
Drug trade-related violence has escalated dramatically in Mexico since 2007, and recent years have also witnessed large-scale efforts to combat trafficking, spearheaded by Mexico's conservative PAN ...party. This study examines the direct and spillover effects of Mexican policy toward the drug trade. Regression discontinuity estimates show that drug-related violence increases substantially after close elections of PAN mayors. Empirical evidence suggests that the violence reflects rival traffickers' attempts to usurp territories after crackdowns have weakened incumbent criminals. Moreover, the study uses a network model of trafficking routes to show that PAN victories divert drug traffic, increasing violence along alternative drug routes.
Prenons la Ville Henaway, Mostafa; Prince, Jason; Shragge, Eric
Social policy,
12/2021, Letnik:
51, Številka:
4
Journal Article
Regardless of who wins elections in Montreal, the underlying tensions (for example, between pro-growth developers, car-oriented culture, and the majority of people who need decent, affordable housing ...and solutions to the climate crisis) will remain and will continue to be contested.There was a lot at stake in the recent election, including the repositioning of Montreal post-pandemic. The municipal administration that was elected in November 2021 will be crucial not only for the future of the city but also for the planet.
Does party system polarization mobilize voters? Polarization is increasingly shaping democratic competition across Europe. While often perceived to be negative, polarization can be an effective ...remedy against voter disengagement. This paper investigates two distinct, but often conflated mechanisms, which could explain why polarization leads to mobilization. Spatial polarization of parties diversifies electoral options at the ballot, while affective polarization mobilizes based on emotional considerations. This article then shows the link between polarization and turnout across 22 European countries. The results are complemented by a difference-in-differences analysis of German local elections. However, voting results alone do not inform about the mechanism at play. Survey data is used to show that negative affect appears to be the main driver of voter participation. Party polarization thus has ambivalent consequences for democracies: It mobilizes the electorate, but its effect is driven by negative emotions.
In unserer aktuellen Ausgabe der Politischen Studien dreht sich alles um die Kommunalwahl 2020: Am 15. März werden fast 40.000 kommunale Mandatsträger gewählt. In 2.056 bayerischen Gemeinden und 71 ...Landkreisen werden Gemeinde- und Stadtrat sowie der Kreistag mit ihrem jeweiligen Oberhaupt neu zusammengesetzt. Die Kommunen bilden die Basis aller politischen Ebenen, hier haben die vom Bürger direkt gewählten Mandatsträger den größten Einfluss auf Vorhaben direkt vor ihrer Haustüre.
La personalización de la política es vista frecuentemente como un peligro para las instituciones políticas democráticas. Este artículo plantea una visión alternativa, partiendo del análisis de un ...caso: la campaña electoral en Comonfort, uno de los municipios rurales en Guanajuato, México. Inicia con la revisión del marco conceptual sobre la personalización de la política, para presentar después el contexto histórico y actual de México, mismo que explica el temor a la personalización como estrategia propia de líderes autoritarios. Después, aplicando el enfoque fenomenológico, analiza el caso de la campaña de Alberto Méndez, un candidato independiente a la presidencia municipal, demostrando que la personalización puede tener impacto positivo en las instituciones democráticas, reconstruyendo la confianza en las instituciones y el compromiso ciudadano con la política.
I exploit a reform that required Italian municipalities to disclose their balance sheets before elections to study whether having more informed voters affects the political budget cycle. Municipal ...investment in the year before elections is 28.5% higher than in electoral years, and the reform reduced this pre-electoral spending increase by one third. I then study the role of local newspapers in disseminating municipal financial information to voters and find that the effect of the reform is twice as large in areas with relatively many newspaper readers, suggesting that mayors react to more informed voters by reducing spending manipulation.
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