Who Votes Now? : Demographics, Issues, Inequality, and Turnout in the United States / Jonathan Nagler, Jan E. Leighley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leighley, Jan E., author.

Nagler, Jonathan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Voter turnout--Statistics--United States.

Voter turnout.

Political participation--Statistics--United States.

Political participation.

Elections--United States--Statistics.

Elections.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 Bureau's Current Population Survey and the American National Election Studies, Jan Leighley and Jonathan Nagler demonstrate that the rich have consistently voted more than the poor for the past four decades, and that voters are substantially more conservative in their economic views than nonvoters. They find that women are now more likely to vote than men, that the gap in voting rates between blacks and whites has largely disappeared, and that older Americans continue to vote more than younger Americans. Leighley and Nagler also show how electoral reforms such as Election Day voter registration and absentee voting have boosted voter turnout, and how turnout would also rise if parties offered more distinct choices. Providing the most systematic analysis available of modern voter turnout, Who Votes Now? reveals that persistent class bias in turnout has enduring political consequences, and that it really does matter who votes and who doesn't.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

One. Introduction

Two. Demographics of Turnout

Three. Theoretical Framework and Models

Four. The Legal Context of Turnout

Five. Policy Choices and Turnout

Six. On the Representativeness of Voters

Seven. Conclusion

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781400848621

1400848628

OCLC:

979579734