None of the above : protest voting in Latin American democracies / Mollie J. Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Mollie J., author.

Series:

Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies series

Emerging democracies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Voting--Latin America.

Voting.

Elections--Latin America.

Elections.

Political candidates--Latin America--Public opinion.

Political candidates.

Democracy--Latin America.

Democracy.

Political participation--Latin America.

Political participation.

Protest movements--Latin America.

Protest movements.

Latin America--Politics and government.

Latin America.

Political candidates--Public opinion.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xv, 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Protest voting in Latin American democracies

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2024.

Summary:

"Around the world each year, millions of citizens turn out to vote but leave their ballots empty or spoil them. Increasingly, campaigns have emerged that promote "invalid" votes like these. Why do citizens choose to cast blank and spoiled votes? And how do campaigns mobilizing the invalid vote influence this decision? None of the Above answers these questions using evidence from presidential and gubernatorial elections in eighteen Latin American democracies. Author Mollie J. Cohen draws on a broad range of methods and sources, incorporating data from electoral management bodies, nationally representative surveys, survey experiments, focus groups, semi-structured interviews, and news sources. Contrary to received wisdom, this book shows that most citizens cast blank or spoiled votes in presidential elections on purpose. By participating in invalid vote campaigns, citizens can voice their concerns about low-quality candidates while also expressing a preference for high-quality democracy. Campaigns promoting blank and spoiled votes come about more often, and succeed at higher rates, when incumbent politicians undermine the quality of elections. Surprisingly, invalid vote campaigns can shore up the quality of democracy in the short term. None of the Above shows that swings in blank and spoiled vote rates can serve as a warning about the trajectory of a country's democracy." -- Back cover.

Contents:

Introduction. None of the above

Invalid ballots as a protest signal

Campaigning for no one : invalid vote campaigns in Latin America

Public approval of invalid vote campaigns

Predicting the electoral success of invalid vote campaigns

A tale of two departments : tracing the success of invalid vote campaigns in Peru

The downstream consequences of invalid vote campaigns.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Cohen, Mollie J. None of the above

ISBN:

9780472076628

0472076620

9780472056620

047205662X

OCLC:

1376182071