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ID149184
Title ProperWho turned out at the polls? socioeconomic and geographic perspectives on 2015 voter turnouts in Israel
LanguageENG
AuthorFriedberg, Chen ;  Atmor, Nir
Summary / Abstract (Note)2015 was an important year in the history of Israeli general elections: voter turnout rose by 4.5% compared to the 2013 elections, exceeding the 70% threshold after 16 years of low rates. Interesting as this may be, a more interesting question is: who were the voters turning out at the polls in the 2015 elections (and where)? When looking at the election results from the municipal perspective, we can see a variance between localities: turnouts were high in some places while in others they were low. In order to explain the differences in voting patterns among localities we conducted an ecological analysis of the aggregated data regarding participation rates in 196 municipalities in Israel, as well as their social and economic characteristics. The most salient finding is that political participation in peripheral and low socioeconomic localities was lower than in the country’s geographical and generally more economically robust centre.
`In' analytical NoteIsrael Affairs Vol. 22, No.3-4; Jul-Oct 2016: p.597-612
Journal SourceIsrael Affairs Vol: 22 No 3-4
Key WordsIsrael ;  Geographic ;  Socioeconomic ;  Periphery ;  2015 Elections ;  Voter Turnouts ;  Localities


 
 
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