Elections in Cape Verde, 1991-2016: testing the second-order election model in a consolidated semi-presidential African democracy

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Autor(a) principal: Santana Pereira, J.
Data de Publicação: 2019
Outros Autores: Nina, S. R., Delgado. D.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/20284
Resumo: In this article, we analyse patterns of turnout and electoral choices of Cape Verde’s citizens in different types of elections, looking at all legislative, presidential and local elections held between 1991 and 2016, and testing four hypotheses derived from the second-order election model about differences in terms of turnout, number of spoiled/blank papers, results for the incumbent party and the electoral success of smaller parties. Our results show that, in what regards turnout and electoral behaviour, local elections present the features of second-order elections much more clearly than the presidential elections in this semi-presidential regime. However, this pattern does not necessarily mean that voters look at the latter as less second-order, but since they often took place in the honeymoon period of the legislative electoral cycle, it may only mean that there were lower incentives to punish the incumbent and/or disengage from political participation.
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spelling Elections in Cape Verde, 1991-2016: testing the second-order election model in a consolidated semi-presidential African democracyCape VerdeSecond-order electionsTurnoutLocal electionsSemi-presidentialismIn this article, we analyse patterns of turnout and electoral choices of Cape Verde’s citizens in different types of elections, looking at all legislative, presidential and local elections held between 1991 and 2016, and testing four hypotheses derived from the second-order election model about differences in terms of turnout, number of spoiled/blank papers, results for the incumbent party and the electoral success of smaller parties. Our results show that, in what regards turnout and electoral behaviour, local elections present the features of second-order elections much more clearly than the presidential elections in this semi-presidential regime. However, this pattern does not necessarily mean that voters look at the latter as less second-order, but since they often took place in the honeymoon period of the legislative electoral cycle, it may only mean that there were lower incentives to punish the incumbent and/or disengage from political participation.Centro de Estudos Internacionais do Instituto Universitário de Lisboa2020-03-31T10:47:14Z2019-01-01T00:00:00Z20192020-03-31T11:45:44Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/10071/20284eng1645-379410.4000/cea.4331Santana Pereira, J.Nina, S. R.Delgado. D.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-09T17:27:53Zoai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/20284Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:12:26.980281Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Elections in Cape Verde, 1991-2016: testing the second-order election model in a consolidated semi-presidential African democracy
title Elections in Cape Verde, 1991-2016: testing the second-order election model in a consolidated semi-presidential African democracy
spellingShingle Elections in Cape Verde, 1991-2016: testing the second-order election model in a consolidated semi-presidential African democracy
Santana Pereira, J.
Cape Verde
Second-order elections
Turnout
Local elections
Semi-presidentialism
title_short Elections in Cape Verde, 1991-2016: testing the second-order election model in a consolidated semi-presidential African democracy
title_full Elections in Cape Verde, 1991-2016: testing the second-order election model in a consolidated semi-presidential African democracy
title_fullStr Elections in Cape Verde, 1991-2016: testing the second-order election model in a consolidated semi-presidential African democracy
title_full_unstemmed Elections in Cape Verde, 1991-2016: testing the second-order election model in a consolidated semi-presidential African democracy
title_sort Elections in Cape Verde, 1991-2016: testing the second-order election model in a consolidated semi-presidential African democracy
author Santana Pereira, J.
author_facet Santana Pereira, J.
Nina, S. R.
Delgado. D.
author_role author
author2 Nina, S. R.
Delgado. D.
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Santana Pereira, J.
Nina, S. R.
Delgado. D.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Cape Verde
Second-order elections
Turnout
Local elections
Semi-presidentialism
topic Cape Verde
Second-order elections
Turnout
Local elections
Semi-presidentialism
description In this article, we analyse patterns of turnout and electoral choices of Cape Verde’s citizens in different types of elections, looking at all legislative, presidential and local elections held between 1991 and 2016, and testing four hypotheses derived from the second-order election model about differences in terms of turnout, number of spoiled/blank papers, results for the incumbent party and the electoral success of smaller parties. Our results show that, in what regards turnout and electoral behaviour, local elections present the features of second-order elections much more clearly than the presidential elections in this semi-presidential regime. However, this pattern does not necessarily mean that voters look at the latter as less second-order, but since they often took place in the honeymoon period of the legislative electoral cycle, it may only mean that there were lower incentives to punish the incumbent and/or disengage from political participation.
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