Affective Polarization and Voter Turnout
How does affective polarization influence voter turnout in Latin America? My dissertation argues that affective polarization is correlated with increased voter turnout among non-partisans in Latin America.
Self-Reported Voter Turnout Across Latin America
First, we can observe that the differences in turnout is not simply that partisans and non-partisans turnout at significantly different rates. Thus, the difference in the average marginal effect of affective polarization on turnout between partisans and non-partisans cannot simply be explained by turnout rate.
