How the States Shaped the Nation : American Electoral Institutions and Voter Turnout, 1920-2000 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Springer, Melanie J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2014.
Series:Chicago studies in American politics.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The state of electoral institutions and voter turnout
  • Electoral federalism and participation in the American states
  • Twentieth-century voter turnout in the United States
  • A history of twentieth-century state electoral institutions
  • State and regional analyses
  • Exploring the effect of electoral institutions on twentieth-century voter turnout in the American states
  • Where are the high turnout states?
  • Voting in the southern states during and after Jim Crow
  • Conclusion: the future of electoral reform.