Kerrissey and Schofer (2013) analyzed union membership on political and civic participation of labor unions in the late 20th century American. Union members came from different working-class backgrounds and many lack basic skills, knowledge, and experience about political participation. Unions seek to shape members’ organizational and political skills. Unions play a role by giving the working class citizen a voice in the American political system.
The data examined three national datasets, which consisted of the Roper, the American Citizen, and the General Social Survey. The Roper set consisted of 410,000 cases that included twelve questions that were done through home interviews. It contains of 207 public opinion surveys that were administered …show more content…
Union members are 18% more times likely than nonmembers to participate in the voting system. Union members are also 43% more likely to volunteer in an election campaign. Union members are more likely to be members of other political associations, such as like churches or a fraternal association. Union membership makes a big difference for people who have a low level of education and who are from a low socioeconomic segment by enabling them to be involved in voting, protesting and civic engagement.
Pantoja, Ramirez, and Segura (2001) tested Verba, Scholzman, and Brady’s (1995) theory that stated that low Latino political participation was due to their Catholic affiliation. This theory was tested with data from the 1989 Latino National Political Survey (LNPS) and the 1990 American Election Survey. Pantoja et al., (2001) first assessed this theory for all Catholics, regardless of their ethnicity. The second test consisted of testing Catholics and Protestants within the same ethnic group. They also used data from the American National Election Studies. The LNPS consisted of 1,546 Mexicans, 682 Cubans, and 589 Puerto Ricans living in 40 metropolitan areas in the United …show more content…
In the LNPS, 73.3% were Catholics, 15.9% were Protestant, and 10.8 % were labeled as others. In the ANES, 30.3% were Catholics, 61.5% were Protestants who were African-Americans, and 8.2% were labeled as “others”. The dependent variable consisted of voting in a recent congressional election, presidential, school board election, registered voter, and currently registered to vote in
The data examined three national datasets, which consisted of the Roper, the American Citizen, and the General Social Survey. The Roper set consisted of 410,000 cases that included twelve questions that were done through home interviews. It contains of 207 public opinion surveys that were administered …show more content…
Union members are 18% more times likely than nonmembers to participate in the voting system. Union members are also 43% more likely to volunteer in an election campaign. Union members are more likely to be members of other political associations, such as like churches or a fraternal association. Union membership makes a big difference for people who have a low level of education and who are from a low socioeconomic segment by enabling them to be involved in voting, protesting and civic engagement.
Pantoja, Ramirez, and Segura (2001) tested Verba, Scholzman, and Brady’s (1995) theory that stated that low Latino political participation was due to their Catholic affiliation. This theory was tested with data from the 1989 Latino National Political Survey (LNPS) and the 1990 American Election Survey. Pantoja et al., (2001) first assessed this theory for all Catholics, regardless of their ethnicity. The second test consisted of testing Catholics and Protestants within the same ethnic group. They also used data from the American National Election Studies. The LNPS consisted of 1,546 Mexicans, 682 Cubans, and 589 Puerto Ricans living in 40 metropolitan areas in the United …show more content…
In the LNPS, 73.3% were Catholics, 15.9% were Protestant, and 10.8 % were labeled as others. In the ANES, 30.3% were Catholics, 61.5% were Protestants who were African-Americans, and 8.2% were labeled as “others”. The dependent variable consisted of voting in a recent congressional election, presidential, school board election, registered voter, and currently registered to vote in