Do snap elections increase voters’ political trust? Evidence from Theresa May’s 2017 natural experiment suggests they do

Turnbull-Dugarte, Stuart J. (2022) Do snap elections increase voters’ political trust? Evidence from Theresa May’s 2017 natural experiment suggests they do. British Politics and Policy at LSE (13 May 2022). Blog Entry.

Text (politicsandpolicy-snap-elections-political) - Published Version Download (667kB)

• https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolic...

Abstract

Snap elections are an increasingly common occurrence in parliamentary democracies, but do these disruptions to the electoral calendar have consequences for voters’ trust in politics? Stuart J. Turnbull-Dugarte presents novel evidence from the 2017 snap election to show that voters are, on average, more trusting of government when provided with early summons to the polls.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/
Additional Information:	© 2022 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General)
Date Deposited:	05 Sep 2022 14:00
Last Modified:	19 Oct 2023 14:20
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/116325

Actions (login required)

View Item