Stable Democracy in Times of Crisis: Local Corona Cases Have Not Deterred Voters in the Bavarian Municipal Elections

On 15 March 2020, local elections were held in Bavaria - in the middle of the early weeks of the corona pandemic in Germany. However, about one fifth of the Bavarian districts had not yet had a confirmed case of corona at that time. We compare the voting behavior in these districts with Bavarian districts where corona has already been confirmed. Our results do not indicate that local corona cases have had a negative impact on voter turnout. The voters were not deterred.