Voter mobilization campaigns face trade-offs in fragile democracies. In a large-scale experiment implemented in 2013 with the Kenyan Electoral Commission, text messages intended to mobilize voters boosted participation but also decreased trust in electoral institutions, a decrease that was stronger in areas that experienced election-related violence, and for individuals on the losing side of th...

How informed is a Latino vote? Though recent scholarship has improved our understanding of Latino political participation, partisanship, and policy preferences, relatively little is known about how Hispanics make electoral decisions. In this effort, we evaluate the role policy issues, candidate affect, and symbolism play in the electoral choices of Latino voters. In particular, we are intereste...

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the sociological impact of social factors on the electoral behavior of citizens of Mazandaran province by comparing the two age groups of youth and adults. In this regard, a descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study was conducted using a researcher-made questionnaire. Statistical population of this study is men and women over 18 years old th...

This paper analyses the impact of electoral institutions on party system stability and change in twelve countries of post-communist Central Europe and the former Soviet Union. It argues that in the post-communist context it is necessary to break party system change down into two components: volatility and replacement. Volatility, a concept already well developed in the literature, refers to cha...

Electronic voting provides accuracy and efficiency to the electoral processes. World democracies would benefit from a secure e-voting system not only to improve voter participation and trust but also to prevent electoral fraud. However, current e-voting systems are complex and have security weaknesses. In this paper, we describe a secure e-voting system for national and local elections. This sy...

Existing literature argues that political competition and electoral participation influence government efficiency. However, empirical evidence on the matter for developing countries is scant mixed. This paper contributes to by exploring impact of fiscal performance 1,098 Colombian municipalities during four periods (2000-2015). Using a fixed effect panel data model, we find significant positive...

Under what conditions will Islamist parties perform well in elections and happens to the political regime should they gain power? The canonical hypothesis—“one man, one vote, time”—argues that are likely whenever become free their electoral success is lead a democratic backslide. Others argue Islamists not as popular this hypothesis suggests or only moderate these unlikely deliberalize regime. ...