Voting and Abstaining from Voting
In: Parliamentary journal, Band 40, Heft 2, S. 70-77
ISSN: 0048-2994
In: Parliamentary journal, Band 40, Heft 2, S. 70-77
ISSN: 0048-2994
In: Why voting matters
In: Public choice, Band 127, Heft 3, S. 285-304
ISSN: 0048-5829
In: The world today, Band 61, Heft 12, S. 12-13
ISSN: 0043-9134
Although democratic elections have taken place in several Middle Eastern countries in 2005, it is stressed that democracy has not been firmly established throughout the region. It is noted that considerations of democracy's future in Middle Eastern countries emphasize two specific issues: the compatibility of democracy & Islam & the lingering support for authoritarian forms of government in many nations. It is subsequently asserted that economic difficulties & emerging political realities have further obstructed the formation of democratic governments across the Middle East. In fact, it is suggested that democratic systems of government could actually jeopardize regional security without additional substantive assistance from Western democracies. Indeed, current events in Iraq are compared to those in Algeria during the 1990s to illustrate the potential difficulties of entrenching democracy within non-democratic Muslim countries. J. W. Parker
In: Public opinion, Band 6, S. 12-15
ISSN: 0149-9157
In: Public choice, Band 53, Heft 3, S. 221
ISSN: 0048-5829
In: PS: political science & politics, Band 36, Heft 4, S. 727-731
ISSN: 0030-8269, 1049-0965
World Affairs Online
In: American review of politics, Band 22, S. 55-91
ISSN: 1051-5054
An analysis of the 1999 elections in Peoria, IL, sheds additional light on cumulative voting, the increasingly popular solution in voting rights litigation. First, the chief beneficiary of cumulative voting was not a descriptive minority candidate (eg, representative of a demographic group), rather it was an individual who might best be called a substantive minority (eg, representative of a political view or policy option). Second, the elections created a "quasi" experiment for comparing voting behavior under cumulative & traditional straight voting systems. This is important not only because there are few empirical studies that compare the hypothesized effects of cumulative voting with actual voting behavior, but also because there are no real-world comparisons of voting behavior under straight voting in a multimember district, the system cumulative voting usually replaces. After providing background material, a series of hypotheses are tested relying heavily on the actual election ballots. First, hypotheses about aggregate differences are advanced & empirically tested. Second, the rationales for these aggregate hypotheses contain assumptions about how particular voters respond to cumulative voting. These assumptions are advanced as separate hypotheses & tested. The analysis reveals that voter behavior under cumulative voting clearly differs from that under a traditional straight election. With a cumulative voting system, participants vote for fewer candidates, voting is more racially polarized, & majority voters appear to alter their voting behavior more than minority voters. Very unexpected was the form of white flight produced by cumulative voting. White voters, who voted for only African-American candidates under straight voting, voted for only white candidates under cumulative voting. In sum, voters appear to understand the rules of both systems, & they adjust their behavior as they move down the ballot shifting from one system to another. 7 Tables, 13 References. Adapted from the source document.
In: PS: political science & politics, Band 36, Heft 4, S. 727-731
ISSN: 0030-8269, 1049-0965
The implications of Internet voting are explored with attention given to the meaning of voting & whether it is important for people to enter a physical, public space to vote. AZ's recent experiment with Internet voting raised questions as to whether it could be accomplished without fear of fraud & whether it increased voter participation, & these questions as well as arguments for & against Internet voting are discussed. It is concluded that the US is experiencing a shift from citizen participation in the public sphere to citizen existence within a "private world of culture consumption" (Habermas 1989 [1962]). The majority of the population unquestioningly accepts the news & products of the mass media, while elites make decisions behind closed doors. 13 References. L. A. Hoffman
In: Political behavior, Band 30, Heft 4, S. 455-468
ISSN: 0190-9320
In: Campaigns and elections: the journal of political action, Band 26, Heft 4, S. 35-36
ISSN: 0197-0771
In: Public opinion quarterly: journal of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Band 68, Heft 1, S. 102-108
ISSN: 0033-362X
In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Band 15, Heft 5, S. 507-526
ISSN: 0304-4130
An examination of the effects of different definitions of the Wc on the measurement of class voting & left voting in Denmark, Norway, & Sweden. The operationalization of the Wc in the three countries is compared, & Swedish election survey data are recoded to conform more closely to the classification procedures used in Danish & Norwegian studies. The analysis shows that if a similar operationalization is used, the level of Left voting in both the Swedish Wcs & Mcs increases & the Alford index of class voting (see SA 14:5/66C1227) declines. Class voting & Left voting in the younger & older generations & among women & men are also discussed. It is concluded that dissimilar patterns of class voting & Left voting among women in the three countries are largely a product of different classification schemes. Problems in using the Alford index as a summary statistic in cross-national comparisons are identified. 7 Tables, 2 Figures, 32 References. Modified HA