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  • This paper investigates the link between perceptions of electoral fairness and reported turnout. Previous research has established a link between electoral participation and the extent to which voters are faced with a ‘meaningful’ partisan choice at election time; this study extends the logic of this argument to perceptions of the ‘meaningfulness’ of the conduct of elections. It is hypothesized that that perceptions of electoral integrity are positively related to turnout (all else being equal), whereas skepticism with regard to the conduct of elections has a depressing effect on propensity to vote. If citizens perceive that the election is likely to be marred by electoral manipulation, corruption, or other unfair practices, they have less of an incentive to go to the polls. The empirical analysis to test this hypothesis is based on aggregate-level data combined with survey data from 31 elections drawn from Module 1 of the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) survey project, which includes new and established democracies. Multilevel modeling is employed to control for a variety of individual- and election-level variables that have been found in previous research to influence turnout. The results of the analysis show that perceptions of electoral integrity are indeed positively associated with propensity to vote, suggesting that this variable ought to be included systematically in individuallevel studies of turnout. (xsd:string)
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