TY  - BOOK
AU  - King,Bridgett A.
TI  - Why don't Americans vote?: causes and consequences 
SN  - 9781440841156 (hardcopy : alk. paper)
AV  - JK1976 .K56 2016
U1  - 324.973 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Santa Barbara, California
PB  - ABC-CLIO
KW  - Voting
KW  - United States
KW  - Elections
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction; Why don't Americans vote? : the history of the franchise in the United States; Bridgett A. King --; Declining trust and efficacy and its role in political participation; Megan M. Ruxton and Kyle L. Saunders --; Qualifying to vote : voter registration requirements /; Gayle Alberda --; Digitizing democracy : online voter registration; Krysha Gregorowicz and Thad E. Hall --; Political citizenship : whether and why college students vote; Jodi Benenson, Margaret Brower, and Nancy L. Thomas --; Nonprofit voter registration and the limitations on nonprofit advocacy; Kelly Krawczyk --; Why bother? : apathy in the American electorate; Anne M. Cizmar --; It's not convenient : early and weekend voting; Keith Smith and Dari Sylvester-Tran --; It's not convenient : absentee voting and the federal write-in absentee ballot; Thad E. Hall, Krysha Gregorowicz, and Leah Alley --; It's not convenient : should other states follow the Northwest and vote by mail?; Priscilla L. Southwell --; Logistical barriers to voting; Elizabeth Bergman and Dari Sylvester-Tran --; Voter identification requirements and participation : a cause for alarm? /; Ryan Voris --; Barred from the booth : felony disenfranchisement; Bridgett A. King --; Politics of representation : the two-party system; Linda M. Trautman --; Geography of representation : gerrymandering, representation, and turnout; Christopher N. Lawrence --; Dynamics of direct democracy and voter turnout /; Dominic D. Wells --; Midterm election blues; Robert Postic --; Political polarization : the shift from the middle; Benjamin W. Cole --; It's over before it began : pre-election polling and the early release of election results; Robert C. Chalwell Jr. --; Tenor of modern political campaigns : alienation and voter turnout /; Priscilla L. Southwell --; Mobilization through third party groups; Mitchell Brown
ER  -