Who votes now? : demographics, issues, inequality and turnout in the United States /

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"Who Votes Now? compares the demographic characteristics and political views of voters and nonvoters in American presidential elections since 1972 and examines how electoral reforms and the choices offered by candidates influence voter turnout. Drawing on a wealth of data from the U.S. Census B...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Leighley, Jan E., 1960- (Autor), Nagler, Jonathan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Political Science and Policy Studies Supplement.
Temas:
Voter turnout > United States > Statistics.
Political participation > United States > Statistics.
Elections > United States > Statistics.
Participation électorale > États-Unis > Statistiques.
Participation politique > États-Unis > Statistiques.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
Elections.
Political participation.
Voter turnout.
Wahlverhalten
United States.
USA.
Statistics
Statistics.
Statistiques.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Machine generated contents note: One. Introduction
  • 1.1. Economic Inequality, Income Bias, and Turnout
  • 1.2. Policy Choices and Turnout
  • 1.3. Economic Inequality and Voting Inequality
  • 1.4. Voter Turnout and Election Laws
  • 1.5. Data and Chapter Outline
  • Two. Demographics of Turnout
  • 2.1. Measuring Voter Turnout
  • 2.2. Measuring Socioeconomic Status
  • 2.3. Measuring Race and Ethnicity
  • 2.4. Demographics of Turnout, 1972-2008 (CPS)
  • 2.5.A More or Less Representative Voting Population?
  • 2.6. More or Less Income Bias?
  • 2.7. Representation: Of the Eligible or the Available?
  • 2.8. Conclusion
  • Appendix 2.1 Current Population Survey: Sample and Variable Details
  • Appendix 2.2 Additional Data on the Representativeness of Voters, 1972-2008
  • Three. Theoretical Framework and Models
  • 3.1. Costs, Benefits, and Demographics
  • 3.2. Model Specification
  • 3.3. Education and Income
  • 3.4. Race and Ethnicity
  • 3.5. Age
  • 3.6. Gender and Marital Status
  • 3.7. Conclusion.
  • Note continued: Appendix 3.1 Estimation Results for the Demographic Models of Voter Turnout
  • Appendix 3.2 Additional First Differences for Income
  • Four. The Legal Context of Turnout
  • 4.1. Electoral Innovation in the United States
  • 4.2. Previous Research on Electoral Rules and Turnout
  • 4.3. Research Design and the Search for Effects
  • 4.4. The Effects of Electoral Reforms: Difference-in-Difference Estimates
  • 4.5. Cross-Sectional Time Series Analysis of Aggregate Turnout
  • 4.6. Conclusion
  • Appendix 4.1 Voter Registration and Election Law Data Set
  • Appendix 4.2 Sources of State-Level Turnout and Demographic Data
  • Five. Policy Choices and Turnout
  • 5.1. Policy Choices and the Costs and Benefits of Voting
  • 5.2. Policy Choices: Conceptualization and Measurement
  • 5.3. Perceived Policy Choices, 1972-2008
  • 5.4. Multivariable Analysis: Perceived Policy Alienation and Perceived Policy Difference.
  • Note continued: 5.5. Perceived Policy Difference and Perceived Policy Alienation across Income Groups
  • 5.6. Conclusion
  • Appendix 5.1 Comparing Alternative Measures of Alienation and Indifference
  • Six. On the Representativeness of Voters
  • 6.1. The Conventional Wisdom
  • 6.2. Political Differences between Voters and Nonvoters: 1972 and 2008
  • 6.3. Who Votes Matters: Policy Differences between Voters and Nonvoters
  • 6.4.A More Detailed Look at Preferences: 2004
  • 6.5. Conclusion
  • Appendix 6.1 Survey Question Wording
  • Seven. Conclusion
  • 7.1. The Politics of Candidate Choices and Policy Choices
  • 7.2. Turnout and Institutions
  • 7.3. On Turnout and Political Inequality.

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