The 2024 International Conference of Asian Election Studies will be held to report and discuss elections in Japan, Korea and Taiwan as follows. The language is English. All interested parties are free to attend. We look forward to seeing you there.

The 2024 International Conference of Asian Election Studies

Organizer: Japanese Electoral Studies Research Group (JES)
                  Election Study Center, National Chengchi University (ESC-NCCU)
                  Korean Association of Electoral Studies (KAES)

Date: Oct. 26, 2024. 10:00-18:00
Venue: 6F at East Bldg. Mita Campus, Keio University

10:00-12:00 Session 1: Election and Social Demographics
Moderator: Chi Huang (National Chengchi University)
Presenter 1: Chao-Chi Lin (National Chengchi University), Su-feng Cheng (National Chengchi University)
"Why Young People Support Wen-Je Ko in Taiwan's 2024 Presidential Election"
Discussant 1: Naoko Taniguchi (Professor, Keio University)
Presenter 2: Yesola Kweon (Sungkyunkwan University), Woo Chang Kang (Korea University), Jong-sung You (Yonsei University)
"Revisiting Candidate Gender Effects: Heuristics, Sexism, and Information Environments"
Discussant 2: Masataka Harada (Tohoku University)
Presenter 3: Hiroki Tsukiyama (Keio University)
"Clientelism, Local Politicians, and Their Electoral Implications"
Discussant 3: Youngho Cho (Sogang University)

13:30-15:30 Session 2: Democracy and Political Party
Moderator: Yoshiaki Kobayashi (Keio University)
Presenter 4: Ronan Fu (Academia Sinica), Nick Lin (Academia Sinica), Greg Sheen (Academia Sinica)
"Inter-party Cooperation and Affective Polarization: Evidence from a Quasi-natural Experiment in Taiwan"
Discussant 4: Hiroki Tsukiyama (Keio University)
Presenter 5: Brandon B Park (Soongsil University), Mary Stegmaier (University of Missouri)
"The Economy and Satisfaction with Democracy: The Moderating Role of Clarity of Responsibility"
Discussant 5: Masataka Harada (Tohoku University)
Presenter 6: Naoko Taniguchi (Keio University)
"Changes in Japanese Politics as Seen in the Policy Claims of Political Parties"
Discussant 6: Takeshi Iida (Doshisha University)

16:00-18:00 Session 3: Election and Electoral System
Moderator: SukJae Hur (National Assembly Research Service)
Presenter 7: Tsung-han Liao (National Chengchi University), Lu-huei Chen (National Chengchi University)
"China Factor and the 2024 Presidential Election"
Discussant 7: Hidenori Tsutsumi (Kagawa University)
Presenter 8: Hanna Kim (Chinju National University of Education)
"Evaluating Chinese Democracy and U.S. Democracy: A Non-Chinese Asian Perspective"
Discussant 8: Jeihee Kyung (Tokai University)
Presenter 9: Takeshi Iida (Doshisha University), Isamu Okada (Nagoya University), Masahiro Zenkyo (Kwansei Gakuin University)
"Does Multi-party Endorsement Mitigate Negative Partisanship? Evidence from the 2024 Kyoto Mayoral Election"
Discussant 9: Chi Huang (National Chengchi University)