1. Increasing local turnout among disadvantaged groups
Henk van der Kolk

2. Disadvantaged Advantaged
How are turnout and ‘being disadvantaged’ related? And how is this affected by decline? 80 70 60 50
Turnout 40 ? 30 20 10
Disadvantaged Advantaged
Presentation Council of Europe
Oct 22, 2009

3. Which measures help to increase turnout?
Institutional: PR works better than Plurality
Facilitative: Postal voting helps to increase overall turnout in less important elections
Communication: Getting out to vote campaigns help as long as they are personal, focusing on the public aspects of the act of voting.
Presentation Council of Europe
Oct 22, 2009

4. How (not) to increase turnout in local elections?
Addressing people personally
Stressing visibility and the public nature of the ‘act of voting’
This has consequences for some measures to decrease the costs of the act of voting
Presentation Council of Europe
Oct 22, 2009

5. How does inclusion affect turnout of the disadvantaged ?80 ? 70 60 50 40 30 20 10
Disadvantaged Advantaged
Presentation Council of Europe
Oct 22, 2009

6. Thanks for listening
Henk van der Kolk