The effect of social pressure from family and friends on turnout
Blais, André (University of Montreal)
Galais Gonzàlez, Carolina (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)
Coulombe, Maxime (University of Montreal)

Date:	2018
Description:	18 pàg.
Abstract:	Recent research about the decision to vote or abstain finds a causal effect of social networks and social pressure. Yet this literature does not examine how this social pressure is exerted and by whom. This study aims at correcting these shortcomings. Using a two-wave panel survey conducted in Canada, we distinguish between the pressure exerted by friends and the partner and between descriptive and injunctive norms. We find that most people are not subjected to strong injunctive pressure, social pressure is most prominent in the household (between partners), it is mostly descriptive, and it has a powerful effect.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	Family ; Friends ; Household ; Partner ; Social pressure ; Turnout
Published in:	Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Vol. 36 Núm. 9 (2018) , p. 2824-2841, ISSN 0265-4075

DOI: 10.1177/0265407518802463

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