Motivation to Vote
Subtitle: Explaining Electoral Participation
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Published: 2020
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780774862677
Subjects: Political science
Description: "Elections are at the heart of our democracy. Understanding citizens' decision to vote or to abstain in elections is crucial, especially when turnout is declining. In this book, Andre  Blais and Jean-Franc ʹois Daoust provide an original and elegant model that explains why people vote, based on four factors: political interest, sense of civic duty, perceived importance of the election, and ease of voting. Their findings are strongly supported by empirical evidence from elections in five countries. The analysis is compelling and demonstrates the power of their model to provide a provocative and parsimonious explanation of voter turnout in elections."--