Voter turnout in the United States, 1788-2009 /
Based on research on participation in U.S. elections dating back to 1788, this work provides comprehensive turnout statistics for general and primary elections for presidential, congressional, and state gubernatorial races. Extensive graphs and tables detail over two centuries of trends. Voter turn...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
CQ Press,
c2011.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Based on research on participation in U.S. elections dating back to 1788, this work provides comprehensive turnout statistics for general and primary elections for presidential, congressional, and state gubernatorial races. Extensive graphs and tables detail over two centuries of trends. Voter turnout - the percentage of eligible citizens who cast ballots in a given election - offers insight into the health of American democracy at any given moment in time or over a span of years. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 881 pages) : illustrations. |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| ISBN: | 9781608712700 (ebook) : |