Turnout and Territorial Reform: Data from Sub municipal governments in Portugal
This database is related to the voter turnout in five election cycles (2001, 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017). The data was used in the original in the article “The effects of amalgamations on voter turnout: Evidence from sub-municipal governments in Portugal” (DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2020.102685). The evol...
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| description | This database is related to the voter turnout in five election cycles (2001, 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017). The data was used in the original in the article “The effects of amalgamations on voter turnout: Evidence from sub-municipal governments in Portugal” (DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2020.102685). The evolution of turnout in Portuguese sub-municipal units (SMUs) has followed the trend of western democracies and recorded a continuous drop. The 2013 territorial reform of SMUs contributed to the increment of the gap of electors that choose not to cast a vote in the elections. Data provides further details on how the territorial reform had an impact on the level of electoral participation. It also adds data on SMUs turnout divided by type and whether or not SMUs were merged. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d7c48207409e470dab8accee6ad961342022-12-22T01:32:58ZengElsevierData in Brief2352-34092020-06-0130105598Turnout and Territorial Reform: Data from Sub municipal governments in PortugalMiguel Rodrigues0António Tavares1Corresponding author.; Research Central in Political Science, School of Economics and Management, University of MinhoResearch Central in Political Science, School of Economics and Management, University of MinhoThis database is related to the voter turnout in five election cycles (2001, 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017). The data was used in the original in the article “The effects of amalgamations on voter turnout: Evidence from sub-municipal governments in Portugal” (DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2020.102685). The evolution of turnout in Portuguese sub-municipal units (SMUs) has followed the trend of western democracies and recorded a continuous drop. The 2013 territorial reform of SMUs contributed to the increment of the gap of electors that choose not to cast a vote in the elections. Data provides further details on how the territorial reform had an impact on the level of electoral participation. It also adds data on SMUs turnout divided by type and whether or not SMUs were merged.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340920304923Electoral turnoutTerritorial reformTurnout |
| spellingShingle | Miguel Rodrigues António Tavares Turnout and Territorial Reform: Data from Sub municipal governments in Portugal Data in Brief Electoral turnout Territorial reform Turnout |
| title | Turnout and Territorial Reform: Data from Sub municipal governments in Portugal |
| title_full | Turnout and Territorial Reform: Data from Sub municipal governments in Portugal |
| title_fullStr | Turnout and Territorial Reform: Data from Sub municipal governments in Portugal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Turnout and Territorial Reform: Data from Sub municipal governments in Portugal |
| title_short | Turnout and Territorial Reform: Data from Sub municipal governments in Portugal |
| title_sort | turnout and territorial reform data from sub municipal governments in portugal |
| topic | Electoral turnout Territorial reform Turnout |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340920304923 |
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