Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
Title: | The making of the informed voter : a split-ballot survey on the use of scientific evidence in direct-democratic campaigns |
Authors: | Stucki, Iris Pleger, Lyn Ellen Sager, Fritz |
DOI: | 10.1111/spsr.12290 |
Published in: | Swiss Political Science Review |
Volume(Issue): | 24 |
Issue: | 2 |
Page(s): | 115 |
Pages to: | 139 |
Issue Date: | 2018 |
Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Wiley |
ISSN: | 1424-7755 1662-6370 |
Language: | English |
Subjects: | Direct democracy; Policy analysis; Voter behaviour |
Subject (DDC): | 320: Politics |
Abstract: | Literature claims that scientific evidence makes better democracies. This paper analyses whether and which voters choose empirical evidence in the form of policy evaluation results when informing themselves about issue-specific votes. The analysis is based on a split-ballot survey where participants chose media items with different content to make a decision on a specific issue. Results show that voters do indeed choose evidence-based information, especially if their involvement with the issue is high and if they are well educated and that they choose a higher amount of such information if they are also politically engaged. In a setting that fosters political engagement and provides policy-relevant information, the findings imply that voters want to be informed when making a democratic issue choice. Involved and engaged voters might be a solution to sceptics against direct democracy out of fear of uninformed decisions and post-factual populism. |
URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/7022 |
Fulltext version: | Published version |
License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
Departement: | School of Management and Law |
Organisational Unit: | Institute of Public Management (IVM) |
Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Management and Law |
Files in This Item:
There are no files associated with this item.
Show full item record
Stucki, I., Pleger, L. E., & Sager, F. (2018). The making of the informed voter : a split-ballot survey on the use of scientific evidence in direct-democratic campaigns. Swiss Political Science Review, 24(2), 115–139. https://doi.org/10.1111/spsr.12290
Stucki, I., Pleger, L.E. and Sager, F. (2018) ‘The making of the informed voter : a split-ballot survey on the use of scientific evidence in direct-democratic campaigns’, Swiss Political Science Review, 24(2), pp. 115–139. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/spsr.12290.
I. Stucki, L. E. Pleger, and F. Sager, “The making of the informed voter : a split-ballot survey on the use of scientific evidence in direct-democratic campaigns,” Swiss Political Science Review, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 115–139, 2018, doi: 10.1111/spsr.12290.
STUCKI, Iris, Lyn Ellen PLEGER und Fritz SAGER, 2018. The making of the informed voter : a split-ballot survey on the use of scientific evidence in direct-democratic campaigns. Swiss Political Science Review. 2018. Bd. 24, Nr. 2, S. 115–139. DOI 10.1111/spsr.12290
Stucki, Iris, Lyn Ellen Pleger, and Fritz Sager. 2018. “The Making of the Informed Voter : A Split-Ballot Survey on the Use of Scientific Evidence in Direct-Democratic Campaigns.” Swiss Political Science Review 24 (2): 115–39. https://doi.org/10.1111/spsr.12290.
Stucki, Iris, et al. “The Making of the Informed Voter : A Split-Ballot Survey on the Use of Scientific Evidence in Direct-Democratic Campaigns.” Swiss Political Science Review, vol. 24, no. 2, 2018, pp. 115–39, https://doi.org/10.1111/spsr.12290.
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.