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L’Italia che non vota: dinamiche e propagazione spazio-temporale dell’astensionismo

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  • Alessandra Ferrara,
  • Giovanni Lombardo,
  • Francesco Giovanni Truglia
Alessandra Ferrara
Istat - The Italian National Institute of Statistics
Giovanni Lombardo
Istat - The Italian National Institute of Statistics
Francesco Giovanni Truglia
Istat - The Italian National Institute of Statistics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/qoe-14083

Published 2023-07-04

Keywords

  • Astensionismo,
  • Statistics Spatial Analaysis,
  • Elezioni,
  • Spillover Spaziali,
  • Driver Astensionismo Involontario

How to Cite

Ferrara, A., Lombardo, G., & Truglia, F. G. (2023). L’Italia che non vota: dinamiche e propagazione spazio-temporale dell’astensionismo. Italian Journal of Electoral Studies (IJES). https://doi.org/10.36253/qoe-14083

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Abstract

The relevance that abstentionism is assuming in Italy, both from a political and social perspective, is evidenced not only by the number of voters who did not go to the polls but also by the territorial spread of the phenomenon. In this paper, starting from the quantitative dimension of abstentionism – already extensively analyzed in scientific literature and the media – an attempt has been made to account for where this behavior is most deeply rooted and how it has spread, through an analysis of spatial-temporal propagation forms (spatial spillovers). In addition to the overall analysis of the phenomenon, a section (paragraph 2) delves into the weight of certain components of involuntary abstentionism. These components, certainly less studied compared to voluntary abstentionism, are considered here due to their increasing potential as drivers of the phenomenon, in relation to demographic dynamics and the evolution of certain social behaviors.

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