Voters Who Abstain
Explaining Abstention and Ballot Roll-Off in the 2014 Toronto Municipal Election
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6404972 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Michael Mcgregor (0000-0003-3845-0042, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1081-1106 |
| Publication date | 2018-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Affairs Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1078-0874 • E-ISSN: 1552-8332 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1078087416688960 |
| OpenAlex | W2586961643 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 60 |
This article explores the correlates of ballot roll-off in the 2014 Toronto municipal election. While turnout in the mayoral contest was comparatively high, roughly 4.3% of voters abstained from council races. Using data from the Toronto Election Study, a large- N survey of electors conducted around the time of the 2014 Toronto Election, this study identifies a series of factors related to roll-off from mayoral to council elections. These variables include a number of sociodemographic characteristics and attitudinal factors commonly associated with turnout, measures of attachment to the city, and a series of election-specific factors. Results reveal that many factors commonly associated with abstention similarly drive roll-off, but that the experiences of individual voters also have an impact upon roll-off rates
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