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Replication Data for: Temporary Disenfranchisement: Negative Side-Effects of Lowering the Voting Age

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Title Replication Data for: Temporary Disenfranchisement: Negative Side-Effects of Lowering the Voting Age
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/T5LYWS
 
Creator Leininger, Arndt
Sohnius, Marie-Lou
Faas, Thorsten
Rossteutscher, Sigrid
Schäfer, Armin
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description 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 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 relevant to other cases of temporary disenfranchisement due to residential mobility, citizenship or felony disenfranchisement.
 
Subject Social Sciences
Voting
Voting Age
Temporary Disenfranchisement
Political Attitudes
Loss Aversion
 
Language English
 
Contributor Sohnius, Marie-Lou