Voter turnout

elections for centuries. Despite how important voting is, suffrage had to be fought for. In today’s time, there aren’t nearly as many obstacles preventing people from voting as there were in the past. All eligible Americans have an important role as a voter and that role is more important than they realize. In the past, discrimination in voting was prevalent. Age, race, and gender were all things that could have determined whether or not you were eligible to vote. Being a citizen did not grant…

Gerken acknowledges that states often provide false information in regards to the number of poll workers or voter turnout. In The Measures of American Elections, Barry C. Burden and Charles Stewart III, declare that such indexes, although helpful, must be reliable and valid in order to have the maximum desired impact. Furthermore, execution of such a wide-covering…

In a well functioning republic, voters elect officials whose ideals align with their own. To allow politicians with a vested interest in the way districts are drawn create congressional districts is inherently illogical, and, as the court cases in Wisconsin and our state have shown, politicians…

As the presidential elections charge on in hopes of selecting the next leader of the United States of America, many remain worried about voter turnout. In all elections that have taken place in the U.S., the number of actually cast ballots has fluctuated greatly from year to year. On average, during an odd-numbered voting year (when non-presidential voting takes place), the amounts of votes are almost half of what they would be during a national election. Although some countries have made voting…

voting age has been tested in other coutries across the world, with positive results. This article also makes a very strong point, being that there is a majority of elderly voters; and that the younger population isnt voting as much giving the elderly voters a much more magnified vote. while this isnt bad, because elderly voters have been around loger and have observed what works and what doesn't in our government, it also means they will most likely stick with what they think works; even though…

levels of interest in politics and lower levels of participation in political activities” (Childs and Campbell 3). However, recently feminist political scientists have found that there is “evidence of a closure of the traditional gender gap in voter turnout” (Childs and Campbell 3). Despite the fact that more women are voting, lack of political representation is still an issue that plagues women throughout the world. According to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, only 22.8%…

campaign promises in the event of a victory. Furthermore, political polarization has been shown to increase voter turnout. Following the end of the Second World War, as well as the years throughout the Cold War, the percent turnout of voting age population (VAP) can be seen following a general trend of declination. Seemingly correlated with the general trend of polarization, percent turnout of VAP within the last decade has increased, which, perhaps, offers better representation of the…

election use the internet and social media as a campaigning resource “It is suggested that the Facebook social messages increased the turnout directly by about 60,000 voters and indirectly through social contagion by another 280,000 voters, for a total of 340,000 additional votes (Nature, 2012, 2014).“To put these results in context, it is important to note that turnout has been steadily increasing in recent U.S. midterm elections, from 36.3% of the voting-age population in 2002 to 37.2% in…

Jacobs and Wild argue that though there is a significant scholarly and public interest in the Daily Show and the Colbert Report’s programs, little is known about the kind of influence these new media genres are having in the public sphere. However, there are a number of factors that may explain where the Daily Show and the Colbert Report fit to into informing the public. Knowledge Levels of the Audiences: There are significant differences in the knowledge levels of the audiences for different…

Conscientiousness is positively correlated with voter turnout and contacting news media, but negatively correlated with public demonstrations (Ha et al, 2013). Voting and contacting news media are processes that require thought and thorough planning, whereas public demonstrations such as rallies and protests tend to be more reckless affairs. Hence, it seems reasonable for conscientious individuals to be more likely to vote and contact news media, and less likely to attend public demonstrations.…