Resurrecting Turnout, Saving Democracy? Lowering the voting age, compulsory voting, and the legitimacy of election results KU Leuven
While there is high public support for electoral democracy worldwide, electoral turnout has been decreasing strongly in the past decades. This apparent contradiction leads to inequality between who turns out and who does not, and it is also likely to lower people’s perceptions of the legitimacy of elections. It is therefore unsurprising that political researchers and practitioners have looked for ways to increase turnout, but so far we know ...