Living Together, Voting Together: Voters Moving in Together Before an Election Have Higher Turnout
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Living Together, Voting Together : Voters Moving in Together Before an Election Have Higher Turnout. / Dahlgaard, Jens Olav; Bhatti, Yosef; Hansen, Jonas Hedegaard; Hansen, Kasper M.
I: British Journal of Political Science, Bind 52, Nr. 2, 2022, s. 631-648.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Living Together, Voting Together
T2 - Voters Moving in Together Before an Election Have Higher Turnout
AU - Dahlgaard, Jens Olav
AU - Bhatti, Yosef
AU - Hansen, Jonas Hedegaard
AU - Hansen, Kasper M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Scholars have long noted that couples are more likely to vote compared to individuals who live alone, and that partners' turnout behavior is strongly correlated. This study examines a large administrative dataset containing detailed information about validated turnout and the timing of individuals moving in together, and finds evidence of a substantial and robust increase in turnout after cohabitation. The study exploits the fact that two-voter households moving in together right before an election are comparable to those moving in together right after the election. Depending on the model specification, turnout increases by 3.5 to 10.6 percentage points in the months after taking up cohabitation. Voters are mobilized regardless of their own and their cohabitant's turnout behavior in a previous election. The results are robust to several robustness checks, including benchmarking with singles who move to mitigate the cost of moving in the analysis. The results highlight the importance of social norms and the household's essential role as a proximate social network that increases turnout.
AB - Scholars have long noted that couples are more likely to vote compared to individuals who live alone, and that partners' turnout behavior is strongly correlated. This study examines a large administrative dataset containing detailed information about validated turnout and the timing of individuals moving in together, and finds evidence of a substantial and robust increase in turnout after cohabitation. The study exploits the fact that two-voter households moving in together right before an election are comparable to those moving in together right after the election. Depending on the model specification, turnout increases by 3.5 to 10.6 percentage points in the months after taking up cohabitation. Voters are mobilized regardless of their own and their cohabitant's turnout behavior in a previous election. The results are robust to several robustness checks, including benchmarking with singles who move to mitigate the cost of moving in the analysis. The results highlight the importance of social norms and the household's essential role as a proximate social network that increases turnout.
KW - cohabitation
KW - participation
KW - social influence
KW - social norms
KW - turnout
U2 - 10.1017/S0007123420000691
DO - 10.1017/S0007123420000691
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85100710377
VL - 52
SP - 631
EP - 648
JO - British Journal of Political Science
JF - British Journal of Political Science
SN - 0007-1234
IS - 2
ER -
ID: 269606788