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The role of non-voting in shifts in support for Italian political parties (2006-2008)

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  • Luana Russo

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The 2008 Italian Parliamentary Elections showed the highest abstention rate in Italianhistory (19.5%) up until that moment (a new record was set in 2013). Even though thisabstention rate might seem quite low in comparison with some other Western democracies,it has been steadily increasing over time. Furthermore, recent research shows that theintermittent non-vote is increasing as well. The voter’s individual decision on whether or notto vote depends on the circumstances at each election, taking into consideration the type ofelection, the quality of the candidates, and so forth. By employing an ecological inferencemethod on the Italian aggregate data, this paper assesses what happened in terms ofelectoral realignment and differential abstention. It also aims to find out which parties arenow gaining or losing support from non-voters in the 2008 Parliamentary Italian elections.

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  • Luana Russo, 2014. "The role of non-voting in shifts in support for Italian political parties (2006-2008)," CEVIPOL Working Papers 2014/3, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
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