Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-19-2019
Publication Title
Journal of Asian and African Studies
Publisher
SAGE Publications
First page number:
1
Last page number:
13
Abstract
The 2014 Sunflower Movement led to rising political participation among young Taiwanese. Hence, opposition parties and civic groups created programs to support young candidates running in the village chief elections. Compared with the 2010 election, however, fewer young challengers ran in 2014, and they received fewer votes and won fewer seats. Propensity score matching shows that the presence of young candidates on ballots did not increase turnout. However, young candidates affected the election indirectly: young, new candidates attracted more votes from incumbents than from challengers and therefore decreased the incumbent re-election rate.
Keywords
Social movements; Local elections; Youth political participation; Sunflower movement; Taiwanese politics
Disciplines
Political Science | Politics and Social Change
File Format
File Size
270 KB
Language
English
Repository Citation
Wang, A. H.
(2019).
Do Social Movements Encourage Young People to Run for Office? Evidence from the 2014 Sunflower Movement in Taiwan.
Journal of Asian and African Studies
1-13.
SAGE Publications.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0021909619880290