The political consequences of franchise extension: evidence from the Second Reform Act

Berlinski, Samuel and Dewan, Torun (2011) The political consequences of franchise extension: evidence from the Second Reform Act. Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 6 (3-4). pp. 329-376. ISSN 1554-0626

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Abstract

We use evidence from the Second Reform Act, introduced in the United Kingdom in 1867, to analyze the impact on electoral outcomes of extending the vote to the unskilled urban population. Exploiting the sharp change in the electorate caused by franchise extension, we separate the effect of reform from that of underlying constituency level traits correlated with the voting population. Although we find that the franchise affected electoral competition and candidate selection, there is no evidence relating Liberal electoral support to changes in the franchise rules. Our results are robust to various sources of endogeneity.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://www.qjps.com/
Additional Information:	© 2011 The Authors
Divisions:	Government
Subjects:	J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Date Deposited:	09 Mar 2012 10:19
Last Modified:	12 Dec 2024 00:00
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/42356

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