Political Interest, Cognitive Ability and Personality: Determinants of Voter Turnout in Britain
By Kevin Denny, O. Doyle. British Journal of Political Science, 2005
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This article uses longitudinal data from the National Child Development Study (NCDS) to investigate the determinants of voter turnout in the 1997 British general election. It introduces measures of cognitive ability and personality into the participation literature and finds that they are significant determinants of turnout. It also shows that standard turnout models may be biased by the inclusion of the much used ‘interest in politics’ measure. A bivariate probit model of turnout and political interest finds that individuals with high comprehension ability and an aggressive personality are more likely to both turn out to vote and have an interest in politics.
Subfields: Education, Gender Studies, Political Science and International Relations
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- Childhood Intelligence Predicts Voter Turnout, Voting Preferences, and Political Involvement in Adulthood: The 1970 British Cohort Study. (2008, background): “Hauser (2000)> concluded that intelligence was unimportant in this respect, but Denny and Doyle (2008) disagreed, and insisted that childhood intelligence measures were important, because they pre-date major educational differences.”
- Corruption and destructive entrepreneurship (2017, unknown): “…with higher education have higher propensity to vote (Nie et al. 1996; Milligan et al. 2004) and because voter turnout is highly correlated with cognitive ability and personality traits such as conscientiousness (Denny and Doyle 2008), we believe that Vot is a good proxy for state level citizenry.”
- The Relationship between Genes, Psychological Traits, and Political Participation (2014, unknown): “In order to estimate how much of the covariation between political behaviors and psychological traits can be attributed to the same genetic source, we must move from a univariate to a bivariate model.”
- Beyond Total Effects: Exploring the Interplay of Personality and Attitudes in Affecting Turnout in the 2009 German Federal Election (2013, methodology): “…including Canada, Germany, Italy, and the United States (e.g., Huber & Rattinger 2005; Fowler 2006a, b; Hayes et al. 2006; Fowler & Kam 2006, 2007; Denny & Doyle 2008; Mondak & Halperin 2008; Gerber et al. 2009b, 2011a,c; Vecchione & Capara 2009; Mondak 2010; Blais & Labbé St-Vincent 2011).”