The World Isn’t Fair, but Shouldn’t Elections Be? Evaluating Prospective Beliefs about the Fairness of Elections and Referenda

Almost all academic literature about the causes and consequences of fairness of elections and referenda is based on retrospective evaluations. One of the strongest findings of such studies is that nonvoting is higher among citizens who retrospectively perceived an election as unfair. However, on log...

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Main Authors: Jonathan Rose, Cees van der Eijk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-05-01
Series:Societies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/12/3/85