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The disappearing American voter
The disappearing American voter, The right to vote is the cornerstone of democracy. To millions around the world who have fought for that right, it is considered a privilege. Yet the magnitude of nonvoting in America is staggering. More than 91 million Americans did not vote in 1988, put, The disappearing American voter has a rating of 3.5 stars
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The disappearing American voter, The right to vote is the cornerstone of democracy. To millions around the world who have fought for that right, it is considered a privilege. Yet the magnitude of nonvoting in America is staggering. More than 91 million Americans did not vote in 1988, put, The disappearing American voter
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  • The disappearing American voter
  • Written by author Ruy A. Teixeira
  • Published by Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution, c1992., 1992/12/01
  • The right to vote is the cornerstone of democracy. To millions around the world who have fought for that right, it is considered a privilege. Yet the magnitude of nonvoting in America is staggering. More than 91 million Americans did not vote in 1988, put
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Introduction 1
Ch. 1 Why Is American Voter Turnout So Low? 5
How Low Is American Voter Turnout? 5
Explaining Cross-National and Historical Variation in Turnout 10
Relative Weight of Factors Explaining Low American Voter Turnout 21
Conclusion 23
Ch. 2 Why Is American Voter Turnout Going Down? 24
How Serious Is the Decline in American Voter Turnout? 24
Explaining the Decline in Turnout since 1960 28
Changes in the Voter Registration System 29
Conclusion 56
Ch. 3 A Class Bias in American Politics? 58
Who Is Not Voting? 58
Does Nonvoting Make a Difference? 86
Should We Care about Nonvoting? 101
Conclusion 104
Ch. 4 Making Voting Easier: Registration Reform and Other Possibilities 106
Registration Reform and Voter Turnout 106
Registration Reform and Current Policy 126
Political Effects of Registration Reform 137
Other Approaches to Cutting the Costs of Voting 143
Conclusion 146
Ch. 5 Conclusion: The Problem of Voter Motivation 148
General Approaches to Increasing Voter Motivation 150
Possible Methods for Reconnecting Americans to Politics 156
Political Reform and the Future of American Voter Turnout 182
Appendix A: Data Sets Used in the Study 186
Appendix B: Modeling and Estimation Procedures 192
Appendix C: Question Wording for Variables and Coding Decisions 208
References 231
Index 239


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