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Turnout and voting behaviour in constitutional referendums: a regional analysis of the Italian case

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  • Alfredo Del Monte
  • Sara Moccia
  • Luca Pennacchio

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This paper investigates regional disparities of both turnout and voting behaviour in constitutional referendums. The analysis is undertaken at the NUTS-3 level and it considers the three constitutional referendums held in Italy in the period 2001–2016. It finds that turnout was lower in provinces with higher unemployment rates and where citizens had a stronger affiliation to opposition parties. These factors, along with level of government popularity, were important drivers of referendum results, especially in 2006 and 2016 when the referendums were rejected. In addition, while the three referendums implied different effects for rich and poor regions, mainly due to decentralization of powers, the local voting patterns did not reflect this. Overall, these findings suggest that the merit of the constitutional reforms played little part in explaining the outcome of the referendums.

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  • Alfredo Del Monte & Sara Moccia & Luca Pennacchio, 2019. "Turnout and voting behaviour in constitutional referendums: a regional analysis of the Italian case," Regional Studies, Regional Science, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 6(1), pages 557-573, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rsrsxx:v:6:y:2019:i:1:p:557-573
    DOI: 10.1080/21681376.2019.1680314
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    1. Galasso, Vincenzo & Morelli, Massimo & Nannicini, Tommaso, 2022. "Fighting Populism on Its Own Turf: Experimental Evidence," CEPR Discussion Papers 17380, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.

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