A Republic If You Can Afford It : How Much Does It Cost to Administer Elections? / Zachary Mohr [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mohr, Zachary, author.

Series:

Cambridge Elements. Elements in campaigns and elections

Elements in Campaigns and Elections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elections--Economic aspects.

Elections.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (77 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"The cost of administering elections is an importantly understudied area in election science. This book reports election costs in 48 out of 50 states. It discusses the challenges and opportunities of collecting local election costs. The book then presents the wide variation in cost across the country with the lowest spending states spending a little over 2 dollars per voter and the highest spending almost 20 dollars per voter. The amounts being spent in the state are also examined over the election time period of 2008 - 2016. Economic events like the Great Recession had predictable effects on lowering spending on elections but the patterns are not the same across the different regions of the country. The relationship between spending and election administration outcomes is also explored and finds that the voters' confidence and perceptions of fraud in elections is associated with the amount spent on election administration." -- Provided by publisher

Contents:

How does one measure spending on election administration?

Election administration expenditures in the United States

What affects how much is spent on election administration?

Election administration expenditures and election/voter outcomes

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Dec 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781009339421

1009339427

9781009339469

100933946X

9781009339452

1009339451