Fabrice Lehoucq|David L. Wall
Explaining voter turnout rates in new democracies: Guatemala
Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas|St. Cloud State University
paper uses several ols models evaluate impact sociological institutional spatial approaches turnout across 330 municipalities guatemala shows economic development geographic location urban vs rural little discernible impact turnout turnout however varies positively share registered voters female even fewer women registered vote result actually cast ballots turnout fallen time share registered voters literate share population indigenous become negatively associated turnout larger number citizens turn vote municipal size decreases ratio registered voters voting stations falls factors significant suggests even research design privileges socioeconomic variation spatialinstitutional differences help explain voter turnout rates