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CAN POLITICS MAKE PEOPLE HAPPIER? The effect of voting for the governing party on individual happiness

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines how politics can affect people’s personal happiness. According to our hypothesis, voting for the governing party can signifi cantly infl uence individual happiness. The hypothesis is tested on fi ve Hungarian survey databases between the years of 2002 and 2010, using a multivariable linear regression model. With the empirical data analysis this paper proves a positive interrelation between voting for the governing party and subjective well-being which effect increases within the examined period of time. Based on these results, the paper highlights a defi ciency of expressive models as they only investigate the direct benefi ts of voting. On the contrary, it seems that election results can infl uence subjective well-being some years after theelections, as well.

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