Download full-text PDF |
Source |
---|---|
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-00023-4 | DOI Listing |
Youth voter turnout remains stubbornly low and unresponsive to civic education. Rigorous evaluations of the adoption of civic tests for high school graduation by some states on youth voter turnout remain limited. We estimate the impact of a recent, state-mandated civics test policy-the Civics Education Initiative (CEI)-on youth voter turnout by exploiting spatial and temporal variation in the adoption of CEI across states.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFContext: Deaths of despair, a term used to capture rising mortality rates among Americans who appear to be suffering from growing mental and physical distress, have received added attention from those seeking to understand this disturbing trend. Yet it is unclear how, if at all, despair influences the political behavior of the people and communities where it is most prominent. The authors contribute to the health and politics literature by examining whether personal and community-level despair shapes political participation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHeliyon
November 2024
Department of Political Sciences, International Relations and European Studies, Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences, University "Al.I.Cuza", Iasi, Romania.
This study aims to analyze the mayoral reelection rates in Romanian local elections between 1996 and 2016, a period marked by significant economic and political transitions. Given the post-communist context, understanding these dynamics is crucial for grasping Romania's evolving electoral behavior. In order to evaluate the dynamics of mayoral reelection rates in post-communist Romania, the primary research objective of the study consists in the assessment of the correlation between electoral participation and preferences for the incumbent mayors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!