What citizens learn from elections: The normative consequences of voter eligibility |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Medanta The Medicity Hospital, Gurugram, 122001, Haryana, India;2. Institute of Critical Care, Medanta The Medicity Hospital, Gurugram, 122001, Haryana, India;1. Department of Anthropology, Bryn Mawr College, 101 N Merion Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA, 19010, USA;2. Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 607 S Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA;1. State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330047, China;2. Guelph Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 93 Stone Road West, Guelph, ON N1G 5C9, Canada;3. Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition & Safety (Tianjin University of Science & Technology), Ministry of Education, Tianjin 300457, China;4. Department of Food Science, Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada |
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| Abstract: | Advocates of innovations for ways to expand citizens’ political participation claim that institutions that require more in-depth participation than voting are required to attain a democratic system with profound civic engagement. They often base this claim on the assumption that elections fail to encourage citizens to be socially and politically involved. In this paper I challenge this assumption by exploring whether voter eligibility reinforces the notion that a good citizen participates in politics. Applying a regression discontinuity design that uses the voting-age restriction as the threshold, I find that voter eligibility boosts support for extensive (non-electoral) forms of political participation. Hence, I argue that the importance of elections should not be underestimated in the quest for societies with civic-minded citizens. |
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