Partisanship and Voter Confidence, 2000-2012
To what degree is voter confidence in election procedures driven by satisfaction with the outcome of an election, as opposed to trust in government or objective features of the polling place, such as voting technology? Using approximately 30 national surveys over the past decade, we find a consiste...
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| author | Sances, Michael W. Stewart III, Charles H. |
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| description | To what degree is voter confidence in election procedures driven by satisfaction with the outcome of an election, as opposed to trust in government or objective features of the polling place, such as voting technology? Using approximately 30 national surveys over the past decade, we find a consistent relationship between voting for the winner and confidence in election administration. This confidence varies as a function of question wording and electoral context. Respondents are more confident in the quality of the vote count locally than nationally. They are responsive to electoral results at the state and national levels in forming their judgements. And, rather than being influenced by different types of voting technology, respondents lose confidence by virtue of change itself. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/966472019-04-11T14:06:54Z Partisanship and Voter Confidence, 2000-2012 Sances, Michael W. Stewart III, Charles H. Voter confidence Legitimacy Public opinion Winner effect Election administration To what degree is voter confidence in election procedures driven by satisfaction with the outcome of an election, as opposed to trust in government or objective features of the polling place, such as voting technology? Using approximately 30 national surveys over the past decade, we find a consistent relationship between voting for the winner and confidence in election administration. This confidence varies as a function of question wording and electoral context. Respondents are more confident in the quality of the vote count locally than nationally. They are responsive to electoral results at the state and national levels in forming their judgements. And, rather than being influenced by different types of voting technology, respondents lose confidence by virtue of change itself. 2015-04-16T15:05:53Z 2015-04-16T15:05:53Z 2014-06-01 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96647 en_US VTP Working Paper Series;125 application/pdf Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project |
| spellingShingle | Voter confidence Legitimacy Public opinion Winner effect Election administration Sances, Michael W. Stewart III, Charles H. Partisanship and Voter Confidence, 2000-2012 |
| title | Partisanship and Voter Confidence, 2000-2012 |
| title_full | Partisanship and Voter Confidence, 2000-2012 |
| title_fullStr | Partisanship and Voter Confidence, 2000-2012 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Partisanship and Voter Confidence, 2000-2012 |
| title_short | Partisanship and Voter Confidence, 2000-2012 |
| title_sort | partisanship and voter confidence 2000 2012 |
| topic | Voter confidence Legitimacy Public opinion Winner effect Election administration |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96647 |
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