Personal social networks and individual voting turnout in a comparative perspective
Personal social networks and individual voting turnout in a comparative perspective
Author(s): Oana Lavinia LupSubject(s): Political behavior, Political psychology, Politics and society, Comparative politics, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Societatea Academică Română (SAR)
Keywords: social networks; political discussion; voting behavior; comparative research; old and new democracies;
Summary/Abstract: I use survey data collected in a comparative, cross-country study (Comparative National Election Project) to analyze the relationships between people’s embeddedness in either strong or weak social networks and their likelihood to participate in elections in countries with different length of democratic experiences. Results indicate that exclusive exposure to similar political views either in strong or weak social networks increases the likelihood of voting, while exposure to a mix of similar and dissimilar political views has a mobilizing role when occurring in weak networks, in countries with a longer democratic past.
Journal: Romanian Journal of Political Sciences
- Issue Year: 21/2021
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 7-21
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English
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