The Disappearing American Voter,9780815783039

The Disappearing American Voter

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ISBN13: 9780815783039
ISBN10: 0815783035
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1992-10-01
Publisher(s): Brookings Institution Press
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Summary

In this book, Ruy Teixeira addresses why only half of the voting-age population voted in 1988, and tries to answer the speculation in order to provide policymakers and the general public with a clearer view of the possible solutions.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(4)
Why Is American Voter Turnout So Low?
5(19)
How Low Is American Voter Turnout?
5(5)
Explaining Cross-National and Historical Variation in Turnout
10(11)
Relative Weight of Factors Explaining Low American Voter Turnout
21(2)
Conclusion
23(1)
Why Is American Voter Turnout Going Down?
24(34)
How Serious Is the Decline in American Voter Turnout?
24(4)
Explaining the Decline in Turnout since 1960
28(1)
Changes in the Voter Registration System
29(27)
Conclusion
56(2)
A Class Bias in American Politics?
58(48)
Who Is Not Voting?
58(28)
Does Nonvoting Make a Difference?
86(15)
Should We Care about Nonvoting?
101(3)
Conclusion
104(2)
Making Voting Easier: Registration Reform and Other Possibilities
106(42)
Registration Reform and Voter Turnout
106(20)
Registration Reform and Current Policy
126(11)
Political Effects of Registration Reform
137(6)
Other Approaches to Cutting the Costs of Voting
143(3)
Conclusion
146(2)
Conclusion: The Problem of Voter Motivation
148(38)
General Approaches to Increasing Voter Motivation
150(6)
Possible Methods for Reconnecting Americans to Politics
156(26)
Political Reform and the Future of American Voter Turnout
182(4)
Appendix A: Data Sets Used in the Study 186(6)
Appendix B: Modeling and Estimation Procedures 192(16)
Appendix C: Question Wording for Variables and Coding Decisions 208(23)
References 231(8)
Index 239

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