Casting Votes
The National Campaign Context and State Turnout, 1920–2008
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6338705 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lyn Ragsdale (Rice University, Houston, TX, USA), Jerrold G Rusk (Rice University, Houston, TX, USA) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 840-857 |
| Publication date | 2011-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Research Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1065-9129 • E-ISSN: 1938-274X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1065912910379230 |
| OpenAlex | W2049816538 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 18 |
This study examines voter turnout in the American states in U.S. presidential and House elections from 1920 through 2008. A model predicts turnout as the sum of the national campaign context, state autonomy, and electoral continuity. The national campaign context encompasses conditions that prompt turnout to shift similarly across states. State autonomy involves state-specific factors that prompt turnout to vary across states. Electoral continuity involves people voting in successive elections, regardless of other influences. Testing the model finds that national campaign context effects have increased, but they vary by year, election type, and region and have been mixed since the 1970s
Autonomy · Context (archaeology · Demographic economics · Economics · Geography · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidential election · Presidential system · Sociology · State (computer science · Turnout · Voter turnout · Voting · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Mathematics · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration · Social Media and Politics
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2018 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |