Who votes now? [electronic resource] : demographics, issues, inequality and turnout in the United States / Jan E. Leighley, American University; Jonathan Nagler, New York University.

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)

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"Who Votes Now? compares the demographic characteristics and political views of voters and nonvoters in American presidential elections since 1972 and examines how electoral reforms and the choices offered by candidates influence voter turnout. Drawing on a wealth of data from the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey and the American National Election Studies, Jan Leighley and Jonathan Nagler demonstrate that the rich have consistently voted more often than the poor for the past four decades, and that voters are substantially more conservative in their economic views than nonvoters. They find that women are now more likely to vote than men, that the gap in voting rates between blacks and whites has largely disappeared, and that older Americans continue to vote more than younger Americans. Leighley and Nagler also show how electoral reforms such as Election Day voter registration and absentee voting have boosted voter turnout, and how turnout would also rise if parties offered more distinct choices." -- Publisher's description.

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February 04, 2016

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-199) and index.