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A abstenção eleitoral é um fenómeno com tendência crescente nas democracias modernas. Esta dissertação procura investigar se a implementação de uma medida que confira aos votos brancos o papel de eleger cadeiras vazias no parlamento teria um efeito redutor na abstenção em Portugal. Ou seja, saber se os votos brancos constituiríam cadeiras vazias no parlamento da mesma forma que os votos em partidos políticos elegem um determinado número de deputados. A metodologia utilizada para testar a hipótese de investigação consistiu na realização de um inquérito online. Neste, foi apresentado aos inquiridos a proposta assim como foram colocadas outras questões relevantes para o tema em análise. Da análise às 161 respostas recolhidas, conclui-se que esta medida tem potencial na redução da taxa de abstenção. No entanto, dadas as limitações deste estudo, não só pelo número reduzido de respostas mas também pelas várias desvantagens ligadas à recolha de dados através de inquéritos online, não é viável extrapolar as conclusões deste estudo para um contexto mais abrangente.
Lower voter turnout is a common phenomenon with increasing tendency in modern democracies. This dissertation adresses the potential of implementing a measure that atributes a more relevant role to the blank votes in order to reduce low voter turnout in Portugal. Blank votes would constitute empty chairs in the Parlament, in the same way that votes in a political party elects a certain number of representatives. The research methodology used consisted on an online survey, which presented the above proposal to the inquiries and also included other relevant questions to the study. A total of 161 answers were obtained and further analysed. The data collected suggested that the implementation of this scenario would impact voter turnout rates positively. However, considering the limitations of this study, not only by the small sample collected but also by the inherent disadvantages associated to online inquiries, it is not advisable to extrapolate the conclusions of this study to a broader context.
Lower voter turnout is a common phenomenon with increasing tendency in modern democracies. This dissertation adresses the potential of implementing a measure that atributes a more relevant role to the blank votes in order to reduce low voter turnout in Portugal. Blank votes would constitute empty chairs in the Parlament, in the same way that votes in a political party elects a certain number of representatives. The research methodology used consisted on an online survey, which presented the above proposal to the inquiries and also included other relevant questions to the study. A total of 161 answers were obtained and further analysed. The data collected suggested that the implementation of this scenario would impact voter turnout rates positively. However, considering the limitations of this study, not only by the small sample collected but also by the inherent disadvantages associated to online inquiries, it is not advisable to extrapolate the conclusions of this study to a broader context.
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Mestrado em Economia e Políticas Públicas
Keywords
Eleições abstenção votos brancos inquérito Elections voter turnout blank votes inquiry
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Citation
Freitas, Miguel Dinis de (2020). "Abstenção eleitoral em Portugal : uma potencial solução". Dissertação de Mestrado, Universidade de Lisboa. Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão.
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Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão