Turnout and voting behaviour in constitutional referendums: a regional analysis of the Italian case
This paper investigates regional disparities of both turnout and voting behaviour in constitutional referendums. The analysis is undertaken at the NUTS-3 level and it considers the three constitutional referendums held in Italy in the period 2001–2016. It finds that turnout was lower in provinces wi...
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| description | This paper investigates regional disparities of both turnout and voting behaviour in constitutional referendums. The analysis is undertaken at the NUTS-3 level and it considers the three constitutional referendums held in Italy in the period 2001–2016. It finds that turnout was lower in provinces with higher unemployment rates and where citizens had a stronger affiliation to opposition parties. These factors, along with level of government popularity, were important drivers of referendum results, especially in 2006 and 2016 when the referendums were rejected. In addition, while the three referendums implied different effects for rich and poor regions, mainly due to decentralization of powers, the local voting patterns did not reflect this. Overall, these findings suggest that the merit of the constitutional reforms played little part in explaining the outcome of the referendums. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c7ac000baae149d791119352d7620bf62022-12-21T19:18:28ZengTaylor & Francis GroupRegional Studies, Regional Science2168-13762019-01-016155757310.1080/21681376.2019.16803141680314Turnout and voting behaviour in constitutional referendums: a regional analysis of the Italian caseAlfredo Del Monte0Sara Moccia1Luca Pennacchio2University of Naples Federico IIUniversity of Naples Federico IIParthenope University of NaplesThis paper investigates regional disparities of both turnout and voting behaviour in constitutional referendums. The analysis is undertaken at the NUTS-3 level and it considers the three constitutional referendums held in Italy in the period 2001–2016. It finds that turnout was lower in provinces with higher unemployment rates and where citizens had a stronger affiliation to opposition parties. These factors, along with level of government popularity, were important drivers of referendum results, especially in 2006 and 2016 when the referendums were rejected. In addition, while the three referendums implied different effects for rich and poor regions, mainly due to decentralization of powers, the local voting patterns did not reflect this. Overall, these findings suggest that the merit of the constitutional reforms played little part in explaining the outcome of the referendums.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2019.1680314constitutional referendumsturnoutvoting behaviourregional disparitiesunemploymentgovernment popularity |
| spellingShingle | Alfredo Del Monte Sara Moccia Luca Pennacchio Turnout and voting behaviour in constitutional referendums: a regional analysis of the Italian case Regional Studies, Regional Science constitutional referendums turnout voting behaviour regional disparities unemployment government popularity |
| title | Turnout and voting behaviour in constitutional referendums: a regional analysis of the Italian case |
| title_full | Turnout and voting behaviour in constitutional referendums: a regional analysis of the Italian case |
| title_fullStr | Turnout and voting behaviour in constitutional referendums: a regional analysis of the Italian case |
| title_full_unstemmed | Turnout and voting behaviour in constitutional referendums: a regional analysis of the Italian case |
| title_short | Turnout and voting behaviour in constitutional referendums: a regional analysis of the Italian case |
| title_sort | turnout and voting behaviour in constitutional referendums a regional analysis of the italian case |
| topic | constitutional referendums turnout voting behaviour regional disparities unemployment government popularity |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2019.1680314 |
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