dc.contributor.author
Leininger, Arndt
dc.contributor.author
Sohnius, Marie-Lou
dc.contributor.author
Faas, Thorsten
dc.contributor.author
Roßteutscher, Sigrid
dc.contributor.author
Schäfer, Armin
dc.date.accessioned
2023-03-01T08:24:40Z
dc.date.available
2023-03-01T08:24:40Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/35113
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-34830
dc.description.abstract
How does losing one’s right to vote again after having been eligible to vote before affect political fundamentals such as political efficacy? We draw attention to the hitherto neglected phenomenon “temporary disenfranchisement,” which, for instance, occurs regularly in states that extended the franchise to underage citizens in some but not all elections. If an election with voting age 16 is closely followed by an election with voting age 18, underage voters who are eligible for the former will have no right to vote in the latter. Using original panel data on young citizens in Germany and a differences-in-differences design, we find that temporary disenfranchisement results in a decrease in external efficacy, which remains even after regaining eligibility. Our findings highlight an important side effect of selective voting rights extensions and bear insights that are relevant to other cases of temporary disenfranchisement due to residential mobility, citizenship, or felony disenfranchisement.
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dc.format.extent
7 Seiten
dc.rights.uri
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject
temporary disenfranchisement
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dc.subject
negative side effects
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dc.subject
underage voters
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dc.subject.ddc
300 Sozialwissenschaften::320 Politikwissenschaft::320 Politikwissenschaft
dc.title
Temporary Disenfranchisement: Negative Side Effects of Lowering the Voting Age
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.1017/S000305542200034X
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle
American Political Science Review
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.number
1
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart
355
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend
361
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume
117
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
https://doi.org/10.1017/S000305542200034X
refubium.affiliation
Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften
refubium.affiliation.other
Otto-Suhr-Institut für Politikwissenschaft

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no
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dcterms.isPartOf.eissn
1537-5943
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