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Voter Turnout in the Industrial Democracies during the 1980s
ROBERT W. JACKMAN
University of California, Davis
ROSS A. MILLER
Santa Clara University
There are two contending accounts of cross-national variation in voter turnout rates. One emphasizes the role of institutions and electoral attributes, whereas the other stresses cultural and historical factors. The authors evaluate the merits of these two arguments. They first apply the model developed by R. W. Jackman to turnout rates during the 1980s, expanding the sample of industrial states to include three newer democracies with recent authoritarian histories: Greece, Portugal, and Spain. They then examine the potential impact of cultural variables on voter turnout rates. The authors conclude that the institutional argument outperforms the cultural account of conventional political participation.
Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 27, No. 4,
467-492 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/0010414095027004001
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