Project Publications
Book
Plescia, Carolina (2025). "The Meanings of Voting for Citizens." Oxford University Press [OPEN ACCESS].
with M. Belén Abdala, André Blais, Ming M. Boyer, Anna Lia Brunetti, Cal Le Gall, Sylvia Kritzinger, Petro Tolochko, Markus Wagner and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister.
Published papers
Boyer, Ming M., Carolina Plescia, and André Blais. " Voting Against or Against Voting?" European Journal of Political Research. Forthcoming.
Boyer, Ming M., Cal Le Gall, and Carolina Plescia (2025). "Negative Campaigns, Negative Votes? Meanings of Voting and Political Campaigns." The International Journal of Press/Politics. Early View.
Paper won the 2022 ECPR Political Communication Division Best Paper Award
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Abdala, Maria Belén, Carolina Plescia, Ming M. Boyer, and Anna Lia Brunetti (2025). "Trust in government or in technology? What really drives internet voting" Political Research Quarterly. 78(2): 783-796.
Abdala, Maria Belén (2024). "In-person or convenience voting? The role of the direct costs in explaining preferences for voting modalities." Electoral Studies. Early View.
Papers under review
Abdala, M. Belén. "Voting as if your rights depend on it: The role of strife in the political motivations of marginalized voters"
Plescia, Carolina, Ming M. Boyer and M. Belén Abdala. "Outgroup Vote Derogation: Making Sense of Outgroup Voting Behaviour"
Faulí Molas, Clara, Carolina Plescia, Diego Garzia, and Frederico Ferreira Da Silva. "What does negative voting mean?"
Abdala, M. Belén and Carolina Plescia. "Why do people run for office? Exploring the political motivations of first-time candidates"
Abdala, M. Belén and Carolina Plescia. "Unlocking the secret garden: Exploring party picks for candidates"
Abdala, M. Belén, Carolina Plescia and Markus Wagner. "Comparing Perceptions of Election Integrity: Challenges and Solutions for Measurement Equivalence in Global Surveys"
Working papers
Abdala, M. Belén, Jennifer Oser, Carolina Plescia, and Aya Shoshan. "Decoding the Vote: Mapping Key Theories and Debates in the Study of Voting Behavior".
Boyer, Ming M., and Carolina Plescia. "What do Citizens Dislike About Voting? Mapping Anti-Voting Orientations".
Fauli Molas, Clara, and Carolina Plescia. "Testing Second-Order Theory: Do Citizens’ Voting Motivations Align with Theoretical Expectations in EP Elections?".
Brunetti, Anna Lia. "Meanings and action: are meanings of voting the heartbeat of political participation?"
Brunetti, Anna Lia, and Ming M. Boyer. "In It to Win It? The Role of Citizen Meanings of Voting in the Winner-Loser Gap of Diffuse Political Support."
Abdala, M. Belén, and Anna Lia Brunetti. "Election integrity, electoral participation and the meanings of voting".
Data
Plescia, Carolina, M. Belén Abdala, Ming M. Boyer, Anna Lia Brunetti, Cal Le Gall (2025). "Election Survey Data on Citizen Meanings of Voting in 13 Countries (SUF edition)." AUSSDA V1.
Plescia, Carolina, M. Belén Abdala, Ming M. Boyer, Anna Lia Brunetti, Cal Le Gall (2025). "Panel Election Survey Data on Citizen Meanings of Voting in Hungary and the USA (SUF edition)." AUSSDA V1.
Faulí Molas, Clara, Carolina Plescia, Diego Garzia, and Frederico Ferreira Da Silva (2025). "European Parliament Post-Election Survey in Six Countries (SUF edition)." AUSSDA V1.