Japanese Journal of Electoral Studies
Online ISSN : 1884-0353
Print ISSN : 0912-3512
ISSN-L : 0912-3512
Political Interest in NEW Electorates
Re-examining the Role of Political Socialization
Masaki HATA
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2016 Volume 32 Issue 2 Pages 45-55

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This survey experimental research shows the formation mechanism about the political concern of new voters who are 18 or 19 years old. Previousresearches have discussed young people's political activities based on political socialization. The political socialization these are divided into initial and late socialization, however researchers did not clarify the relation between both socializations.This research uses two scenarios to clarify the relation: the propagation of political norms in the initial socialization and the pursue of political profits in the late one. This research found out that the new voters increase their political concern onlybased on political norms, and other voters increase this concern only based on political profits. From these findings, it is shown that new voters tend to concern the political system itself regardless of the political profits.
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