The American nonvoter
By: Lyn Ragsdale and Jerrold G. Rusk
Contributors: Rusk, Jerrold G., 1941- author
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9780190670702; 9780190670719
Subjects: Politics and government; Abstention; Voting
Description: The American Nonvoter examines how uncertainty regarding the national context influences people's decisions whether to vote or not. During times of national crisis, when uncertainty is high, voting increases; during times of stability people stay home. Using rigorous statistical tools and rich historical stories, Lyn Ragsdale and Jerrold G. Rusk show how uncertainty in the national campaign context reduces nonvoting in presidential and midterm elections from 1920 to 2012.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: A theory of uncertainty in nonvoting; title: Measuring nonvoting; title: Campaign context, uncertainty, and nonvoting; title: Who are nonvoters?; title: Searching the past; title: The post-war period: 1946-1972; title: A period of government reassessment: 1974-1990; title: Information technology years: 1992-2012; title: The national campaign context in retrospect.