Migrants' Voter Turnout in the Home Country Elections: Non‐Integration or Political Anchor?

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Autor(a) principal: Gherghina, Sergiu
Data de Publicação: 2024
Outros Autores: Basarabă, Adrian
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.7396
Resumo: The transnational political participation of migrants has been extensively analyzed in the literature. Previous explanations focus on individual determinants ranging from political interest or efficacy to social ties or socio-demographic characteristics. So far, little attention has been paid to the contrast between factors related to their lives in two different countries. The present article adds to this burgeoning literature by identifying and comparing the effects of several attitudes and behaviors of migrants in the host and home country on their voter turnout in home country elections. We use individual-level data from a survey conducted in 2022 on 1,058 Romanian migrants living around the world. The results indicate that migrants who remain anchored in the politics of their home country—without necessarily striving to return—and those who are engaged in their host communities are more likely to vote. Migrant voter turnout is not determined by poor integration in the host society.
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title Migrants' Voter Turnout in the Home Country Elections: Non‐Integration or Political Anchor?
spellingShingle Migrants' Voter Turnout in the Home Country Elections: Non‐Integration or Political Anchor?
Gherghina, Sergiu
home country; integration; migrants; political participation; Romania; transnational electoral participation; voting
title_short Migrants' Voter Turnout in the Home Country Elections: Non‐Integration or Political Anchor?
title_full Migrants' Voter Turnout in the Home Country Elections: Non‐Integration or Political Anchor?
title_fullStr Migrants' Voter Turnout in the Home Country Elections: Non‐Integration or Political Anchor?
title_full_unstemmed Migrants' Voter Turnout in the Home Country Elections: Non‐Integration or Political Anchor?
title_sort Migrants' Voter Turnout in the Home Country Elections: Non‐Integration or Political Anchor?
author Gherghina, Sergiu
author_facet Gherghina, Sergiu
Basarabă, Adrian
author_role author
author2 Basarabă, Adrian
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Gherghina, Sergiu
Basarabă, Adrian
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv home country; integration; migrants; political participation; Romania; transnational electoral participation; voting
topic home country; integration; migrants; political participation; Romania; transnational electoral participation; voting
description The transnational political participation of migrants has been extensively analyzed in the literature. Previous explanations focus on individual determinants ranging from political interest or efficacy to social ties or socio-demographic characteristics. So far, little attention has been paid to the contrast between factors related to their lives in two different countries. The present article adds to this burgeoning literature by identifying and comparing the effects of several attitudes and behaviors of migrants in the host and home country on their voter turnout in home country elections. We use individual-level data from a survey conducted in 2022 on 1,058 Romanian migrants living around the world. The results indicate that migrants who remain anchored in the politics of their home country—without necessarily striving to return—and those who are engaged in their host communities are more likely to vote. Migrant voter turnout is not determined by poor integration in the host society.
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