TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wattenberg,Martin P.
TI  - Where have all the voters gone?
SN  - 9780674044951
AV  - JK1976 .W38 2002
U1  - 324.973 21
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Universidad Sergio Arboleda
KW  - gnd
KW  - Elections
KW  - United States
KW  - Voting
KW  - Political parties
KW  - Vote
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Political Process
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Parteiensystem
KW  - Wahlverhalten
KW  - Verkiezingen
KW  - gtt
KW  - Kiesgedrag
KW  - USA
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - gtlm
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; A worldwide turnout problem -- Turnout in the American states -- Types of individuals who vote -- The new generation gap -- Who votes does make a difference -- How voting is like taking an SAT test -- Are negative ads to blame? -- How to improve U.S. turnout rates: lessons from abroad; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - As the confusion over the ballots in Florida in 2000 demonstrated, American elections are complex and anything but user-friendly. This phenomenon is by no means new, but with the weakening of political parties in recent decades and the rise of candidate-centered politics, the high level of complexity has become ever more difficult for many citizens to navigate. Thus the combination of complex elections and the steady decline of the party system has led to a decline in voter turnout. In this timely book, Martin Wattenberg confronts the question of what low participation rates mean for democracy. At the individual level, turnout decline has been highest among the types of people who most need to have electoral decisions simplified for them through a strong party system--those with the least education, political knowledge, and life experience. As Wattenberg shows, rather than lamenting how many Americans fail to exercise their democratic rights, we should be impressed with how many arrive at the polls in spite of a political system that asks more of a typical person than is reasonable. Meanwhile, we must find ways to make the American electoral process more user-friendly
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