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QUOTE `{}`	The results show that turnout has systematically heterogeneous effects across parties depending on their ideological position, with more extreme parties benefiting disproportionately from lower turnout. Consistent with the theory, lower ...
QUOTE `{}`	When the governing coalition is expected to be centrist, centrist voters are underrepresented while voters at the ideological extremes are overrepresented, resulting in higher levels of observed electoral polarization.