Where Have All the Voters Gone?

Name: Where Have All the Voters Gone?
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ISBN: 9780674009387

ISBN-10: 067400938X

ISBN-13: 9780674009387

Edition: 2002

Authors: Martin P. Wattenberg

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As the confusion over the ballots in Florida recently demonstrated, American elections are complex and anything but user-friendly. This has led to a decline in voter turnout. In this text Wattenberg confronts the question of what low participation rates means for democracy.

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 11/15/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.23" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Martin P. Wattenberg is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine.



Preface


Introduction



A Worldwide Turnout Problem



Turnout in the American States



Types of Individuals Who Vote



The New Generation Gap



Who Votes Does Make a Difference



How Voting Is Like Taking an SAT Test



Are Negative Ads to Blame?



How to Improve U.S. Turnout Rates: Lessons from Abroad


Notes


Index