Date of Award:
8-2025
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Political Science
Committee Chair(s)
Jia Li
Committee
Jia Li
Committee
Shannon Peterson
Committee
Debra Monson
Abstract
The research takes Pakistan as a case-study to explores how political violence shapes electoral behavior by focusing on two forms of violence: terrorist interventions by non-state actors and political repression by state institutions. Analyzing multiple elections and regional contexts, the study investigates how fear inflicting non-state violence can discourage voter participation, while state sponsored violence can drive communities by triggering anger, particularly those with strong ethnic identities leading to a higher voter turnout. Overall, this work highlights how different types of violence have varying effects on voter participation, and how these effects are conditioned.
Recommended Citation
Saeed, Zeeshan, "Political Violence, Electoral Behavior, and Their Interaction With Identity" (2025). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Fall 2023 to Present. 497.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd2023/497
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