2019London School of Economics and Political Science Theses Online (London School of Economics and Political Science)Open access

How turnout, majority size, and outcome affect whether citizens think the result of an EU referendum should be implemented

Sveinung Arnesen

Open full text 0 citations

Abstract

There is an ongoing debate in the UK over whether holding another referendum on EU membership would be democratic or not. Drawing on a new study, Sveinung Arnesen explains that while in general most citizens believe governments should follow the results of referendums on EU membership, this depends heavily upon the level of turnout, the size of the majority, and the outcome of the specific referendum in question.

Open-access reader

About this research paper

What this paper is about

There is an ongoing debate in the UK over whether holding another referendum on EU membership would be democratic or not. Drawing on a new study, Sveinung Arnesen explains that while in general most citizens believe governments should follow the results of referendums on EU membership, this depends heavily upon the level of turnout, the size of the majority, and the outcome of the specific referendum in question.

Why it matters

A significance statement is not available in the OpenAlex record.

Key contribution

A contribution statement is not available in the OpenAlex record.

Method / approach

Method details are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Main findings

Findings are not separately available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Limitations

Limitations are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Applications

Application details are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Available abstract

There is an ongoing debate in the UK over whether holding another referendum on EU membership would be democratic or not. Drawing on a new study, Sveinung Arnesen explains that while in general most citizens believe governments should follow the results of referendums on EU membership, this depends heavily upon the level of turnout, the size of the majority, and the outcome of the specific referendum in question.

Key concepts: Referendum, Turnout, Political science, Affect (linguistics), Democracy, Outcome (game theory), Direct democracy, Demographic economics

Related papers

Back to paper searchBrowse research topicsOriginal source
How turnout, majority size, and outcome affect whether citizens think the result of an EU referendum should be implemented — Research Paper | ScholarLens