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Title:
The American nonvoter / Lyn Ragsdale and Jerrold G. Rusk.
Author:
Ragsdale, Lyn, 1954- author.

Rusk, Jerrold G., 1941- author.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Call Number:
JK1987 .R34 2017
Abstract:
The American Nonvoter examines how uncertainty regarding the national context influences people's decisions whether to vote or not. During times of national crisis, when uncertainty is high, voting increases; during times of stability people stay home. Using rigorous statistical tools and rich historical stories, Lyn Ragsdale and Jerrold G. Rusk show how uncertainty in the national campaign context reduces nonvoting in presidential and midterm elections from 1920 to 2012.
ISBN:
9780190670702

9780190670719
Physical Description:
x, 315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
A theory of uncertainty in nonvoting -- Measuring nonvoting -- Campaign context, uncertainty, and nonvoting -- Who are nonvoters? -- Searching the past -- The post-war period : 1946-1972 -- A period of government reassessment : 1974-1990 -- Information technology years : 1993-2012 -- The national campaign context in retrospect.
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