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Showing 1 to 20 of 123 for “"turnout"”.
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Turnout twist : higher voter turnout in lower-level elections
… that subnational elections record lower voter turnout than national elections in most democracies. Contrary to this conventional wisdom, Japanese municipal elections often record considerably higher voter turnout than national elections, particularly in small towns and villages. Why is Japan …
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Primary Systems and Voter Turnout: Measuring the Institutional Effect of Primary Type on Voter Turnout
Using the 1990, 1994 and 1998 Congressional mid-term elections, this study looks at whether the type of primary system in a person's state has an effect on whether or not that person will vote in the general election. The five types of primary systems (closed, semi-closed, semiopen, open and …
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Liberalizing American Voting Laws: Institutionally Increasing Voter Turnout
… analyzing the impact voting laws have on voter turnout in national elections in the United States. I analyzed voter turnout in the 2008 Presidential Election and the 2010 off year election in all fifty states to see if voting restrictions declined turnout. My results show evidence that the …
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Political contributions, voter turnout, and the effects of redistricting
… signal on candidate quality can decrease voter turnout preventing elections from revealing the private information of potential voters on candidate quality. Finally, political campaigns themselves react to the political environment spending more on advertising and fundraising when they are more …
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Online Voting Platforms and the Future of Voter Turnout
As low-voter-turnout continues to be a concern for the political system in the U.S., the idea online voting platforms (OVPs), to reduce access and use barriers, has been debated. Lowlevel elections in several states across the country have experimented with OVPs through U.S.based internet voting …
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Election Reform: Does Early Voting Impact Turnout In Municipal Elections?
<p>Turnout in the United States is low, especially in municipal elections. Early voting laws, which have been adopted by over half of the states within the United States, offer voters a chance to cast a ballot over a longer period of time thereby lowering the cost of voting. Early voting includes …
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Investigating Economic Inequality And Voter Turnout In The Industrialized Democracies
… paper investigates economic inequality and voter turnout in a sample of 21 industrialized democracies using a pooled time series model of elections from 1970 to 1999. The findings demonstrate a connection between inequality and voter turnout wherein increases in inequality lead to reductions in …
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An Analysis of Voter Turnout in Cuyahoga County, 1840-1860
<p>Political historians have traditionally been more interested in leaders than followers. But with the emergence of the 'new' political history, American historians began to explore the party bases of the American political structure. Historians such as Lee Benson, Richard Jensen. Paul Kleppner, …
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The referendum lighthouse: how state-level initiatives drive voter turnout
… of ballot initiatives cause an increase in voter turnout at the state level. This study is unique in that rather than focusing on individual level voting behavior to explain why an individual may or may not be more likely to vote with the inclusion of ballot initiatives, I focus on aggregate level …
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The Effect of Natural Disasters on Minority Voter Turnout, 1990-2016
<p>This paper studies four natural disaster categories--climatological, geophysical, hydrological, and meteorological--and their impact upon four elections--gubernatorial, House, President, and Senate--for the 1990-2016 time period in 3,113 US counties, excluding Alaska. The research focused on …
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An examination of election administration and voter turnout in Nigeria (2011- 2019)
… is witnessing a decline in the rate of voter turnout, which is a global challenge facing election throughout the world. The reality of Nigeria indicates that since 2011 to 2019, general elections in Nigeria have been characterized by declining voter turnout in all elections between the periods …
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Voter turnout in Saskatchewan : how important are civic education and community participation?
… especially among 18-24 year olds. Provincially, turnout has fallen almost 20 percentage points over a four-year period. Saskatchewan voter turnout in federal elections has fallen almost 15 percentage points in a similar time period. The purpose of this thesis is to uncover potential factors that …
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Who Votes? An Exploration of the Factors Influencing Turnout Propensity in Fingal County
… decades have been marked by considerably low turnout levels with voter turnout rates varying from place to place. This thesis addressed this issue with respect to the county of Fingal in an attempt to identity the factors that influence individual turnout propensity. Data was collated through …
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People, Places, and Politics: Voter Turnout in the United States, 1828 to 1992
A more complete and refined understanding of turnout rates at the state level requires that political and other contextual factors to be woven into the analysis. In this paper, I use the comprehensive nature of these data and the extensive analysis of specific contextual variables to suggest a …
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Railroad turnout frog profile geometry and elasticity optimization using revenue service wheel profiles
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-19 without embargo terms
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An explanation of declining voter turnout: the case of Richmond, Virginia, 1880-1913
Voter turnout in the United States began to decline at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries, and since then, turnout has not returned to the high percentages that were commonplace in the 1860s and 1870s. Numerous scholars point to the late 1800s and early 1900s as the era …
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The impact of a voting registration law on turnout and partisanship : a case in Kansas
Digitized by Kansas Correctional Industries
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The impact of a voting registration law on turnout and partisanship : a case in Kansas
Digitized by Kansas Correctional Industries
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Democracy in Unequal Times: How Economic Inequality Influences Voter Turnout, Party Polarization, and Union Density
… I investigate the effect of income gaps on turnout in American states. Previous research on this relationship shows contrasting evidence for the American case: some scholars report a negative impact; others a null effect; and some even a positive one. Differently, I suggest that the …
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Do Parties' Ideological Positions Matter? The Effects of Alienation and Indifference on Individuals' Turnout Decisions
… ideological positions should affect individuals' turnout decisions. Contrary to these expectations, existing research finds that neither feelings of alienation---that no party adequately represents an individual's ideological position---nor indifference---that multiple parties adequately represent …
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