Evidence from Germany: does reducing the voting age to 16 lead to higher turnout at elections?

Eichhorn, Jan and Huebner, Christine (2022) Evidence from Germany: does reducing the voting age to 16 lead to higher turnout at elections? LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) blog (20 Oct 2022). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Allowing those aged 16 and 17 to vote in elections can increase political engagement among young people. But do these effects persist over time? Drawing on new research, Jan Eichhorn and Christine Huebner illustrate that German states with a voting age of 16 also appear to have higher turnout increases among voters in their late teens and throughout their 20s.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/
Additional Information:	© 2022 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) J Political Science > JZ International relations
Date Deposited:	06 Jan 2023 14:45
Last Modified:	20 Sep 2023 10:40
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/117770

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