Why don't Americans vote?
Subtitle: causes and consequences
By: Bridgett A. King and Kathleen Hale, editors
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9781440841156
Subjects: Politics and government; Voting; Elections
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction:; title: Why don't Americans vote? : the history of the franchise in the United States  -- Bridgett A. King; title: Declining trust and efficacy and its role in political participation  -- Megan M. Ruxton and Kyle L. Saunders; title: Qualifying to vote : voter registration requirements  -- Gayle Alberda; title: Digitizing democracy : online voter registration  -- Krysha Gregorowicz and Thad E. Hall; title: Political citizenship : whether and why college students vote  -- Jodi Benenson, Margaret Brower, and Nancy L. Thomas; title: Nonprofit voter registration and the limitations on nonprofit advocacy  -- Kelly Krawczyk; title: Why bother? : apathy in the American electorate  -- Anne M. Cizmar; title: It's not convenient : early and weekend voting  -- Keith Smith and Dari Sylvester-Tran; title: It's not convenient : absentee voting and the federal write-in absentee ballot  -- Thad E. Hall, Krysha Gregorowicz, and Leah Alley; title: It's not convenient : should other states follow the Northwest and vote by mail?  -- Priscilla L. Southwell; title: Logistical barriers to voting  -- Elizabeth Bergman and Dari Sylvester-Tran; title: Voter identification requirements and participation : a cause for alarm?  -- Ryan Voris; title: Barred from the booth : felony disenfranchisement  -- Bridgett A. King; title: Politics of representation : the two-party system  -- Linda M. Trautman; title: Geography of representation : gerrymandering, representation, and turnout  -- Christopher N. Lawrence; title: Dynamics of direct democracy and voter turnout  -- Dominic D. Wells; title: Midterm election blues  -- Robert Postic; title: Political polarization : the shift from the middle  -- Benjamin W. Cole; title: It's over before it began : pre-election polling and the early release of election results  -- Robert C. Chalwell Jr.; title: Tenor of modern political campaigns : alienation and voter turnout  -- Priscilla L. Southwell; title: Mobilization through third party groups -- Mitchell Brown.