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An Empirical Analysis of the Relationship Between Voters' Perception on Civic Duty and Their Participation in Election Campaigns

Jinman Cho 1 JUN YOUNG CHOI 1

1인하대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study analyzes empirically the relationship between voters' perception on civic duty and their participation in election campaigns by using the survey data for the 18th National Assembly elections in Korea. This study develops independent variables to measure the concept of civic duty discussed in Riker and Ordeshook. By using the OLS analysis results, we identify the variables that have a significant impact on voter participation in election campaigns. The statistical results show that party affinity, the willingness to obtain political information, and political efficacy significantly influenced voters' decision to participate in the 18th National Assembly election campaigns. However, the level of consensus on democratic principles, the evaluation on the realities of Korea’sdemocracy, and political knowledge did not have a significant impact. Among the control variables, the intensity of ideology was the only variable that induced voters to actively participate the election campaigns.

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