?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F47%2F&rft.title=Why+is+Voting+Habit-Forming%3A+Evidence+from+Sweden&rft.creator=Melton%2C+James&rft.subject=JA+Political+science+(General)&rft.description=For+decades%2C+scholars+of+electoral+behavior+have+noted+persistence+in+individuals'+turnout+decisions%0D%0Aand+hypothesized+that+such+persistence+is+the+result+of+habit.+Recent+empirical+studies+provide%0D%0Apersuasive+evidence+supporting+the+habitual+voting+hypothesis%2C+but+we+still+do+not+know+why%0D%0Aindividuals+develop+habits+for+voting.+One+theory+is+that+voting+causes+individuals'+to+view%0D%0Athemselves+as+%22voters%2C%22+increasing+their+future+probabilities+of+voting.+Another+theory+asserts+that%0D%0Avoting+may+ease+institutional+barriers%2C+making+future+voting+less+costly+and+changing+conative%0D%0Aattitudes+towards+voting.+This+study+seeks+to+disentangle+these+two+causal+mechanisms+by+testing%0D%0Athe+habitual+voting+hypothesis+in+Sweden.+Since+institutional+barriers+to+voting+are+minimal+in%0D%0ASweden%2C+evidence+in+favor+of+the+habitual+voting+hypothesis+will+lend+credence+to+a+psychological%0D%0Amechanism.+The+opposite+result+will+point+to+an+institutional+mechanism.+Ultimately%2C+habitual%0D%0Avoting+is+found+in+Sweden%2C+which+suggests+the+psychological+mechanism+is+valid.&rft.date=2010&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F47%2F1%2Fmelton2010c.pdf&rft.identifier=++Melton%2C+James++Why+is+Voting+Habit-Forming%3A+Evidence+from+Sweden.++Working+Paper+++++++(Unpublished)+++