VOTER TURNOUT AMONG THE AMERICAN STATES:SYSTEMIC AND INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS

In: American political science review, Band 69, Heft 1, S. 107-123

Abstract

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PAPER IS TO 1)DISTINGUISH BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL AND SYSTEMIC COMPONENTS OF TURNOUT AND (2) TO ATTEMPT TO PARTITION,THE VARIATION IN TURNOUT BETWEEN THE COMPONENTS. UNLIKE PREVIOUS RESEARCH, THIS STUDY USED BOTH SURVEY AND AGGREGATE DATA TO DECOMPOSE THE VARIATION IN TURNOUT AMONG THE STATES INTO FIRST TWO COMPONENTS- INDIVIDUAL AND SYSTEMIC, THEN POLITICAL AND LEGAL.