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The Voter Next Door: Stigma Effects on Advance Voting for Radical Right Parties
Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3276-1966
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Mid Sweden University, Östersund, Sweden;Department of Government, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Linköping University, Department of Culture and Society, Centre for Local Government Studies. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0806-5664
Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
2024 (English)In: Political Studies, ISSN 0032-3217, E-ISSN 1467-9248, Vol. 72, no 4, p. 1591-1608Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Despite the influence of stigmatization on vote choices, little attention has been given to the impact of social stigma on voters’ selection of voting procedures. To bridge this gap, our study focuses on Sweden, where the open-display ballot system at polling stations potentially compromises vote secrecy. Using survey data from the Swedish National Election Studies in 2014 and 2018, we examine the relationship between citizens’ voting procedure choices and their support for a highly stigmatized radical right party, the Sweden Democrats. Our findings reveal that voters of the Sweden Democrats are more inclined to vote in advance, particularly in districts with low general party support, indicating a high level of stigma. We argue that advance voting can be seen as a strategy to safeguard vote secrecy when voting for stigmatized parties within an institutional context featuring public displays of ballots. In addition, our research sheds light on the importance of electoral integrity in maintaining the confidentiality of voters’ choices.

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SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD , 2024. Vol. 72, no 4, p. 1591-1608
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social stigma, electoral integrity, radical right parties, ballot system, advance voting, vote secrecy
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Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies)
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-199923DOI: 10.1177/00323217231216305ISI: 001133437500001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-199923DiVA, id: diva2:1824288
Available from: 2024-01-04 Created: 2024-01-04 Last updated: 2024-12-02

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