Both surveys included items with normative questions about external voting rights, which allows us to compare what resident and non-resident citizens think of the enfranchisement of...

To measure non-resident and resident citizens' attitudes towards external voting rights, we use two survey items dealing with different aspects of external citizenship.

To measure non- resident and resident citizens’ attitudes towards external voting rights, we use two survey items dealing with different aspects of ex-ternal citizenship.

Our findings suggest that resident citizens view external voting rights more negatively than non-resident citizens. The factors associated with these attitudes are also quite different for the two examined populations.

Our findings suggest that resident citizens view external voting rights more negatively than non-resident citizens. The factors associated with these attitudes are also quite different for the two examined populations.

We address this research gap and investigate how resident citizens' attitudes to external voting rights are affected by different arguments usually salient in homeland political debates.

We address this research gap and investigate how resident citizens' attitudes to external voting rights are affected by different arguments usually salient in homeland political debates.

Despite an active debate on external voting rights among political theorists, little is known what the citizens themselves think of this practice. To examine how both non‐resident and resident citizens perceive external voting rights, we use two surveys of Finnish citizens from 2019.

From a theoretical perspective, external voting rights challenge the traditional link between citizenship and territoriality and raise questions about how the relationship between states and nonresident citizens changes in times of mass migration and globalization.

External Voting Rights from a Citizen Perspective - Comparing Resident and Non-resident Citizens' Attitudes towards External Voting. / Himmelroos, Staffan; Peltoniemi, Johanna.