M. Belen Abdala

Publications

Articles Published in Peer Reviewed Journals

  • Abdala, M. B., Plescia, C., Boyer, M. M., & Brunetti, A. L. (2025). Trust in Government or in Technology? What Really Drives Internet Voting. Political Research Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1177/10659129251321424
  • Abdala, M. B. (2024). In-person or convenience voting? The role of the direct costs in explaining preferences for voting modalities. Electoral Studies, 91, 102851.
  • Scherlis, G., Abdala, M. B., & Tchintian, C. (2021). Partidos políticos y pandemia en América Latina. Entre la adaptación forzada y la innovación. [Political Parties and the Pandemic in Latin America: Between Forced Adaptation and Innovation]. Democracias, 9(9), 11-39.
  • Antenucci Benesch, P., & Abdala, M. B. (2016). Evaluación de los efectos de la boleta única electrónica: Evidencia experimental de las elecciones en Chaco 2015 [Evaluation of the effects of e- voting: Experimental evidence from the elections in Chaco 2015]. Revista SAAP, 10(2), 339-354.

Articles Under Review in Peer Reviewed Journals

  • Plescia, C., Boyer, M. M., & Abdala, M. B. “Outgroup vote delegitimization: How do individuals make sense of outgroup voting behavior?”. Presented at EPSA and MPSA 2023.
  • Voting as if your rights depended on it: the role of strife in the political motivations of marginalized voters. Presented at APSA 2024.

Book Chapters

  • Plescia, C., Abdala, M. B., Kritzinger, S., & Zechmeister, E. J. (in print). The meanings of voting: A conceptual framework. In C. Plescia (Ed), The Meanings of Voting for Citizens: A Scientific Challenge, a Portrait, and Implications. Oxford University Press.
  • Plescia, C., & Abdala, M. B. (in print). How to measure the meanings of voting? In C. Plescia (Ed), The Meanings of Voting for Citizens: A Scientific Challenge, a Portrait, and Implications. Oxford University Press.
  • Abdala, M. B., Plescia, C., & Wagner M. (in print). The data, their quality and their linkage potentials. In C. Plescia (Ed), The Meanings of Voting for Citizens: A Scientific Challenge, a Portrait, and Implications. Oxford University Press.
  • Abdala, M. B., Tolochko, P., & Plescia, C. (in print). How do citizens think and feel about voting? Overview and validation of meanings of voting. In C. Plescia (Ed), The Meanings of Voting for Citizens: A Scientific Challenge, a Portrait, and Implications. Oxford University Press.
  • Boyer, M. M., Abdala, M. B., & Plescia, C. (in print). Does voting have the same meaning for different people? In C. Plescia (Ed), The Meanings of Voting for Citizens: A Scientific Challenge, a Portrait, and Implications. Oxford University Press.

Research Data

  • Election Survey Data on Citizen Meanings of Voting in 13 Countries: doi:10.11587/1QQF9P.
  • Panel Election Survey Data on Citizen Meanings of Voting in Hungary and the USA: doi:10.11587/UOWEY1.