from Part III - Evidence: Empirical Patterns and Intensity Theory
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 September 2022
In this chapter I consider the consequences for political participation where an institutional change opens a new avenue of political action. In 2017 the City of Seattle, Washington implemented a program of Democracy Vouchers as publicly-funded campaign contributions for its citizens in city elections. I show that the institution of Democracy Vouchers has different empirical implications for three existing theories of political action than for intensity theory and present a research design and data to evaluate the different implications.
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