Throughout United States history, voter turnout among the voting eligible population has varied, ranging from below twelve percent in uncontested elections, to 83 percent in the 1876 election. In early years, turnout in presidential elections was relatively low, as the popular vote was not used...
(1) A negative and significant structural shift in voter turnout occurs in 1972 and is too large to be explained by the lowering of the voting age. (2) The 1972 shift is the only statistically significant structural shift to occur since the first decade of the twentieth century. (3) ...
*Voter turnout figures relate to the share of eligible voters who take part in the election, and does not represent the share of the entire population (for example, under-18's, non-citizens, felons (rules vary)).Residents in U.S. overseas territories are eligible to vote in general ...
As the November presidential election draws nearer, it can be informative to look back on past voter turnout trends. This map visualizes the voter turnout in the 2020 U.S. presidential election by state, with turnout figures representing the share of U.S. citizens ag...
Numerous studies indicate that political institutions play an important role in explaining variation in voter turnout across countries. The nuances of institutions unique to presidential elections have been largely overlooked, however, despite the different incentives they offer for voters to participate in...
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The Partisan Effects of Voter Turnout: How Conservatives Profit from Rainy Election Days In this short note, we use data from different elections in the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia between 1975 and 2010 to show that the social democr... F Arnold,R Freier - 《Ssrn Electronic Journa...
(UNP) and New Democratic Front presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa, is seen at a polling station after casting his vote in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, Nov. 16, 2019. The voter turnout in Sri Lanka's presidential elections hit 70 percent by 2:00 p.m. local time on Saturday, election ...
As of December 7, 2020, 66.7 percent of the eligible voting population in the United States voted in the 2020 presidential election. As of this date, voter turnout was highest in Minnesota, at 80 percent. Voter turnout rate in the presidential election in the United States as of December...
Decades of individual and aggregate level research suggest that three sets of factors influence voter turnout: the socioeconomic makeup of the potential voter; legal restrictions on voting; and the political context of each election. In this brief study, we use state-level data to test whether ...