Where Have All The Voters Gone

Author : Martin P. Wattenberg
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674044959
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Where Have All the Voters Gone? written by Martin P. Wattenberg and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the confusion over the ballots in Florida in 2000 demonstrated, American elections are complex and anything but user-friendly. This phenomenon is by no means new, but with the weakening of political parties in recent decades and the rise of candidate-centered politics, the high level of complexity has become ever more difficult for many citizens to navigate. Thus the combination of complex elections and the steady decline of the party system has led to a decline in voter turnout. In this timely book, Martin Wattenberg confronts the question of what low participation rates mean for democracy. At the individual level, turnout decline has been highest among the types of people who most need to have electoral decisions simplified for them through a strong party system--those with the least education, political knowledge, and life experience. As Wattenberg shows, rather than lamenting how many Americans fail to exercise their democratic rights, we should be impressed with how many arrive at the polls in spite of a political system that asks more of a typical person than is reasonable. Meanwhile, we must find ways to make the American electoral process more user-friendly.

Author : Everett Carll Ladd
Publisher : W. W. Norton
ISBN 13 : 9780393952254
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Where Have All the Voters Gone? written by Everett Carll Ladd and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 1982 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Everett Carll Ladd
Publisher : W. W. Norton
ISBN 13 : 9780393090116
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Where Have All the Voters Gone? written by Everett Carll Ladd and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 1978 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John B. Holbein
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108488420
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Young Voters written by John B. Holbein and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The solution to youth voter turnout requires focus on helping young people follow through on their political interests and intentions.

Author : David Faris
Publisher : Melville House
ISBN 13 : 1612198201
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Kids Are All Left written by David Faris and published by Melville House. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brewing generational shift is about to change politics—and our country—forever. A demographic apocalypse is coming for the Republican Party. The surge in young voters for Biden in 2020 was only the beginning. Not only do they overwhelmingly favor the left, but the margins are at such an unprecedented and overwhelming scale that these voters are poised to end the partisan gridlock that has characterized politics for over thirty years. In The Kids Are All Left, political scientist David Faris proves beyond any doubt that this isn't just a typical generational trend that will even out over time and explores the policy transformations that young Americans will pursue. He offers hope for an escape from the political stalemate that has twice this century sent the loser of the popular vote to the White House, but he is realistic about the institutional obstacles that stand between voters and true majority rule. The result is a first look at what America[1] n politics will look like in the 21st century.

Author : Donald P. Green
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 081573266X
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Get Out the Vote written by Donald P. Green and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first edition of Get Out the Vote! broke ground by introducing a new scientific approach to the challenge of voter mobilization and profoundly influenced how campaigns operate. In this expanded and updated edition, the authors incorporate data from more than one hundred new studies, which shed new light on the cost-effectiveness and efficiency of various campaign tactics, including door-to-door canvassing, e-mail, direct mail, and telephone calls. Two new chapters focus on the effectiveness of mass media campaigns and events such as candidate forums and Election Day festivals. Available in time for the core of the 2008 presidential campaign, this practical guide on voter mobilization is sure to be an important resource for consultants, candidates, and grassroots organizations. Praise for the first edition: "Donald P. Green and Alan S. Gerber have studied turnout for years. Their findings, based on dozens of controlled experiments done as part of actual campaigns, are summarized in a slim and readable new book called Get Out the Vote!, which is bound to become a bible for politicians and activists of all stripes." —Alan B. Kreuger, in the New York Times "Get Out the Vote! shatters conventional wisdom about GOTV." —Hal Malchow in Campaigns & Elections "Green and Gerber's recent book represents important innovations in the study of turnout."—Political Science Review "Green and Gerber have provided a valuable resource for grassroots campaigns across the spectrum."—National Journal

Author : Thomas E. Patterson
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307548678
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Vanishing Voter written by Thomas E. Patterson and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-09-09 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the award-winning author of Out of Order—named the best political science book of the last decade by the American Political Science Association—comes this landmark book about why Americans don’t vote. Based on more than 80,000 interviews, The Vanishing Voter investigates why—despite a better educated citizenry, the end of racial barriers to voting, and simplified voter registration procedures—the percentage of voters has steadily decreased to the point that the United States now has nearly the lowest voting rate in the world. Patterson cites the blurring of differences between the political parties, the news media’s negative bias, and flaws in the election system to explain this disturbing trend while suggesting specific reforms intended to bring Americans back to the polls. Astute, far-reaching, and impeccably researched, The Vanishing Voter engages the very meaning of our relationship to our government.

Author : Bruce E. Keith
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520077202
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Myth of the Independent Voter written by Bruce E. Keith and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1992-06-17 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Debunking conventional wisdom about voting patterns and allaying recent concerns about electoral stability and possible third party movements, the authors uncover faulty practices that have resulted in a skewed sense of the American voting population.

Author : Martin P. Wattenberg
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317347021
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Is Voting for Young People? written by Martin P. Wattenberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-30 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the root causes of the generation gap in voter turnout—changes in media consumption habits over time. It lays out an argument as to why young people have been tuning out politics in recent years, both in the United States and in other established democracies.

Author : William G. Mayer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Swing Voter in American Politics written by William G. Mayer and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fills conceptual gap concerning the swing voter. Answers four questions: What is a swing voter? How to identify them? Do they differ from the rest of the electorate? What is their role? Presents a picture of this key political group, tracking them across six decades of national and local elections"--Provided by publisher.