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1. R-2341/2. VIII,157 S.,Lit.,Tab.,Diagr. ISBN 0-8330-0163-9; 2. Technical Appendixes. R-2341/3- V,122 S.ISBN 0-8330-0205-8

Introduction: Is it rational to vote? -- When and where are people more likely to vote? -- Who votes? -- Do people believe that their vote could be decisive? -- What is the cost of voting? -- Is it a duty to vote? -- Do people free ride? -- Conclusion: Rational choice and voting

Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The American electoral process -- 3. The transformation of American campaigns -- 4. Financing campaigns -- 5. Modern campaign strategies -- 6. Political parties and interest groups -- 7. Media -- 8. Presidential campaigns -- 9. Congressional campaigns -- 10. State and local elections -- 11. Voter participation -- 12. Vote choice -- 13. Democracy in action or a broken system? -- Glossary. Credits. Index

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Parties and Their Messages -- Chapter 2. The Media: Getting Out the Messages -- Chapter 3. Why Was Turnout So Low? -- Chapter 4. The Vote: Stability and Change -- Chapter 5. A Multi-Stage Model of Vote Choice -- Chapter 6. The Social Bases of Party Support -- Chapter 7. Values and Beliefs -- Chapter 8. Partisan Loyalties -- Chapter 9. The Economy -- Chapter 10. The Issues -- Chapter 11. Liberal Performance -- Chapter 12. The Leaders -- Chapter 13. Strategic Voting -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Multinomial Estimations of Vote Choice Outside Quebec -- Appendix B: Multinomial Estimations of Vote Choice in Quebec -- Appendix C: The Estimated Impact of Variables on the Propensity to Vote for the Parties Outside Quebec -- Appendix D: The Estimated Impact of Variables on the Propensity to Vote for the Parties in Quebec -- Appendix E: Description of Variables -- References

This book explores how the United States institutions of democracy have affected a citizen's ability to participate in politics. The 2000 election and the ensuing decade of research demonstrated that the institutions of elections vitally affect participation. This book examines turnout and vote choice, as well as elections as an institution, administration of elections and the intermediaries that affect a citizen's ability to cast a vote as intended. Kropf traces the institutions of franchise from the Constitutional Convention through the 2012 election and the general themes of how institutions have changed increasing, democratization and production federal growth over time in the United States.

Die Autorin untersucht die Unterschiede in der Wahlbeteiligung auf subnationaler Ebene bei allgemeinen Wahlen in Ghana. Sie verwendet einen Fallstudienansatz mit gemischten Methoden, bei dem quantitative und qualitative Daten kombiniert werden, um eingehende Nachweise für drei systematische Wahlkreise mit unterschiedlich hoher Wahlbeteiligung zu erbringen. Die Ergebnisse der Studie stellen die strikte Anwendung der Rational-Choice-Theorie in Frage, um ein umfassendes Verständnis der Gründe für eine unterschiedliche Wahlbeteiligung zu liefern. Das Buch entwickelt hingegen ein Modell für individuellen und kollektiven Nutzen, der das "conceptofutility" erweitert, um Unterschiede in der Wahlbeteiligung zu erklären. Die Schlussfolgerungen aus dem Buch heben die Bedeutung des lokalen Kontexts für die Prägung des Wählerverhaltens hervor und unterstreichen die Vorrangigkeit der lokalen politischen Dynamik.

There is a growing realization that many of the problems afflicting American elections can be traced to the electoral system itself, in particular to our winner-take-all approach to electing officials. Douglas Amy demonstrates that switching to proportional representation elections -- the voting system used in most other Western democracies, by which officials are elected in large, multimember districts according to the proportion of the vote won by their parties -- would enliven democratic political debate, increase voter choice and voter turnout, ensure fair representation for third parties

1. Introduction -- 2. The political and economic setting -- 3. The run-up to 2011 -- 4. The campaign -- 5. The parties' campaign message -- 6. From 1.0 to 2.0: The online campaign -- 7. The leaders' debate -- 8. The parties' campaign strategies -- 9. At the races: The Toronto Star's coverage of the election -- 10. Did the parties' campaign efforts affect voters? -- 11. Vote choice -- 12. Fighting for votes.

Introduction : institutional determinants of voter choice -- 1. Layers and sources of electoral volatility -- 2. Party organization and electoral volatility : an analytical model -- 3. Mapping electoral volatility in central and eastern europe -- 4. The benefits of decentralized candidate selection -- 5. Loose mobilizing networks -- 6. The continuity of representation -- 7. A multivariate analysis of electoral volatility -- Conclusions.