Māori in New Zealand: voting with their feet?

Māori in New Zealand have the right to choose which electorate to vote in: they can choose to vote in a 'General district' (with other Māori and all non- Māori), or to vote in a 'Māori district', where only Māori are allowed to register. Every five years there is a period known a...

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Autor: Riambau Armet, Guillem
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
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Palabra clave:Maoris
Eleccions
Sociologia electoral
Nova Zelanda
Maori (New Zealand people)
Elections
Voting research
New Zealand
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spelling Māori in New Zealand: voting with their feet?Riambau Armet, GuillemMaorisEleccionsSociologia electoralNova ZelandaMaori (New Zealand people)ElectionsVoting researchNew ZealandMāori in New Zealand have the right to choose which electorate to vote in: they can choose to vote in a 'General district' (with other Māori and all non- Māori), or to vote in a 'Māori district', where only Māori are allowed to register. Every five years there is a period known as Māori Electoral Option, during which Māori are given the option to either stay in their current district or switch. This offers an ideal setting to analyse whether Māori voters strategically choose to register where they expect the race to be closer. To that avail, I use data from two Māori Electoral Options, two general elections, and two censuses. Results suggest that only a very small fraction of Māori (less than 2%) seem to respond to the strategic incentives described. Two forces seem to play a much larger role in enrolment choices: cultural allegiances and socioeconomic status. Māori with a stronger sense of Māori identity and Māori living in socially disadvantaged areas tend to overwhelmingly enrol in the Māori districts. The implications of these results are discussed.Routledge2020info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/175565Articles publicats en revistes (Economia)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1080/00323187.2020.1856688Political Science, 2020, vol. 72, num. 2, p. 93-117https://doi.org/10.1080/00323187.2020.1856688(c) The Research Trust of Victoria, 2020info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1755652026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Māori in New Zealand: voting with their feet?
title Māori in New Zealand: voting with their feet?
spellingShingle Māori in New Zealand: voting with their feet?
Riambau Armet, Guillem
Maoris
Eleccions
Sociologia electoral
Nova Zelanda
Maori (New Zealand people)
Elections
Voting research
New Zealand
title_short Māori in New Zealand: voting with their feet?
title_full Māori in New Zealand: voting with their feet?
title_fullStr Māori in New Zealand: voting with their feet?
title_full_unstemmed Māori in New Zealand: voting with their feet?
title_sort Māori in New Zealand: voting with their feet?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Riambau Armet, Guillem
author Riambau Armet, Guillem
author_facet Riambau Armet, Guillem
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Maoris
Eleccions
Sociologia electoral
Nova Zelanda
Maori (New Zealand people)
Elections
Voting research
New Zealand
topic Maoris
Eleccions
Sociologia electoral
Nova Zelanda
Maori (New Zealand people)
Elections
Voting research
New Zealand
description Māori in New Zealand have the right to choose which electorate to vote in: they can choose to vote in a 'General district' (with other Māori and all non- Māori), or to vote in a 'Māori district', where only Māori are allowed to register. Every five years there is a period known as Māori Electoral Option, during which Māori are given the option to either stay in their current district or switch. This offers an ideal setting to analyse whether Māori voters strategically choose to register where they expect the race to be closer. To that avail, I use data from two Māori Electoral Options, two general elections, and two censuses. Results suggest that only a very small fraction of Māori (less than 2%) seem to respond to the strategic incentives described. Two forces seem to play a much larger role in enrolment choices: cultural allegiances and socioeconomic status. Māori with a stronger sense of Māori identity and Māori living in socially disadvantaged areas tend to overwhelmingly enrol in the Māori districts. The implications of these results are discussed.
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