Description
Book SynopsisWhy do citizens choose to cast blank and spoiled votes? And how do campaigns mobilizing the invalid vote influence this decision?
None of the Above answers these questions using evidence from elections in eighteen Latin American democracies.
Trade ReviewA wonderful example of a well-executed scholarly book that takes an interesting and misunderstood phenomenon—invalid voting—and explores both the meaning and the consequences across a wide range of contexts. Dr. Cohen is a true expert on this topic. This book showcases her deep knowledge of protest voting in Latin American elections and presents convincing evidence that the practice of invalid voting in protest is more important than many might think at first." - Carew Boulding, University of Colorado at Boulder
Table of Contents
- Tables
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Introduction: None of the Above
- Chapter 2. Invalid Ballots as a Protest Signal
- Chapter 3. Campaigning for No-one: Invalid Vote Campaigns in Latin America
- Chapter 4. Public Approval of Invalid Vote Campaigns
- Chapter 5. Predicting the Electoral Success of Invalid Vote Campaigns
- Chapter 6. A Tale of Two Departments: Tracing the Success of Invalid Vote Campaigns in Peru
- Chapter 7. The Downstream Consequences of Invalid Vote Campaigns
- Chapter 8. Conclusion
- Chapter 1 Appendix
- Chapter 2 Appendix
- Chapter 4 Appendix
- Chapter 5 Appendix
- Chapter 6 Appendix
- Chapter 7 Appendix
- Bibliography
- Notes
- Index
