Why don't Americans vote? : causes and consequences /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	King, Bridgett A.
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, [2016]
Subjects:	Voting > United States. Elections > United States. United States > Politics and government. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction : Why don't Americans vote? : the history of the franchise in the United States / Bridgett A. King
1. Declining trust and efficacy and its role in political participation / Megan M. Ruxton and Kyle L. Saunders
2. Qualifying to vote : voter registration requirements / Gayle Alberda
3. Digitizing democracy : online voter registration / Krysha Gregorowicz and Thad E. Hall
4. Political citizenship : whether and why college students vote / Jodi Benenson, Margaret Brower, and Nancy L. Thomas
5. Nonprofit voter registration and the limitations on nonprofit advocacy / Kelly Krawczyk
6. Why bother? : apathy in the American electorate / Anne M. Cizmar
7. It's not convenient : early and weekend voting / Keith Smith and Dari Sylvester-Tran
8. It's not convenient : absentee voting and the federal write-in absentee ballot / Thad E. Hall, Krysha Gregorowicz, and Leah Alley
9. It's not convenient : should other states follow the Northwest and vote by mail? / Priscilla L. Southwell
10. Logistical barriers to voting / Elizabeth Bergman and Dari Sylvester-Tran
11. Voter identification requirements and participation : a cause for alarm? / Ryan Voris
12. Barred from the booth : felony disenfranchisement / Bridgett A. King
13. Politics of representation : the two-party system / Linda M. Trautman
14. Geography of representation : gerrymandering, representation, and turnout / Christopher N. Lawrence
15. Dynamics of direct democracy and voter turnout / Dominic D. Wells
16. Midterm election blues / Robert Postic
17. Political polarization : the shift from the middle / Benjamin W. Cole
18. It's over before it began : pre-election polling and the early release of election results / Robert C. Chalwell Jr.
19. Tenor of modern political campaigns : alienation and voter turnout / Priscilla L. Southwell
20. Mobilization through third party groups / Mitchell Brown
Who will vote? : the election administration landscape in 2016 and beyond / Kathleen Hale
Appendix A.1. Voter turnout in presidential and midterm elections, 1789-2014
Appendix A.2. Constitutional Amendments
Appendix A.3. Probit regression model predicting voter apathy abstention
Appendix A.4. Demographics California VAAC survey respondents, 2012 and 2014 (in percentages)
Appendix A.5. California VAAC respondent voting preferences, 2012 and 2014 : habits and preferences (in percentages)
Appendix A.6. Alienation survey questions
Appendix A.7. Binary logistic analysis of voter turnout, 2008 and 2012
Appendix A.8. Models of voter registration and turnout.