Gutenberg Open Science: Temporary Disenfranchisement: Negative Side Effects of Lowering the Voting Age

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dc.contributor.author	Leininger, Arndt	-
dc.contributor.author	Sohnius, Marie-Lou	-
dc.contributor.author	Faas, Thorsten	-
dc.contributor.author	Roßteutscher, Sigrid	-
dc.contributor.author	Schäfer, Armin	-
dc.date.accessioned	2023-08-31T05:39:21Z	-
dc.date.available	2023-08-31T05:39:21Z	-
dc.date.issued	2023	-
dc.identifier.uri	https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/9516	-
dc.description.abstract	How does losing one’s right to vote again after having been eligible to vote before affect political fundamentals such as political efficacy? We draw attention to the hitherto neglected phenomenon “temporary disenfranchisement,” which, for instance, occurs regularly in states that extended the franchise to underage citizens in some but not all elections. If an election with voting age 16 is closely followed by an election with voting age 18, underage voters who are eligible for the former will have no right to vote in the latter. Using original panel data on young citizens in Germany and a differences-in- differences design, we find that temporary disenfranchisement results in a decrease in external efficacy, which remains even after regaining eligibility. Our findings highlight an important side effect of selective voting rights extensions and bear insights that are relevant to other cases of temporary disenfranchisement due to residential mobility, citizenship, or felony disenfranchisement.	en_GB
dc.language.iso	eng	de
dc.rights	CC BY	*
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	*
dc.subject.ddc	300 Sozialwissenschaften	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	300 Social sciences	en_GB
dc.subject.ddc	320 Politik	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	320 Political science	en_GB
dc.title	Temporary Disenfranchisement: Negative Side Effects of Lowering the Voting Age	en_GB
dc.type	Zeitschriftenaufsatz	de
dc.identifier.doi	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-9498	-
jgu.type.contenttype	Scientific article	de
jgu.type.dinitype	article	en_GB
jgu.type.version	Published version	de
jgu.type.resource	Text	de
jgu.organisation.department	FB 02 Sozialwiss., Medien u. Sport	de
jgu.organisation.number	7910	-
jgu.organisation.name	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz	-
jgu.rights.accessrights	openAccess	-
jgu.journal.title	American Political Science Review	de
jgu.journal.volume	117	de
jgu.journal.issue	1	de
jgu.pages.start	355	de
jgu.pages.end	361	de
jgu.publisher.year	2023	-
jgu.publisher.name	Cambridge University Press	de
jgu.publisher.place	Cambridge	de
jgu.publisher.issn	1537-5943	de
jgu.organisation.place	Mainz	-
jgu.subject.ddccode	300	de
jgu.subject.ddccode	320	de
jgu.publisher.doi	10.1017/S000305542200034X	de
jgu.organisation.ror	https://ror.org/023b0x485	-
jgu.subject.dfg	Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften	de
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