Voter Turnout in U.S. Presidential Elections: An Historical View and Some Speculation

Nardulli, Peter F.; Dalager, Jon K.; Greco, Donald E.

doi:10.2307/420828

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“…As suburbs and cities become more economically homogeneous, and legislative districts more "safe," politics becomes more boring and predictable, driving down levels of civic engagement, including voting (Oliver, 1999(Oliver, , 2001). The urban share of the actual electorate is smaller than the urban share of eligible voters, partly because of economic segregation (Nardulli, Dalager, and Greco, 1996;Gainsborough, 2001;Sauerzopf and Swanstrom, 1999). The voice of cities in state legislatures and in Congress has become increasingly weaker as the number of congresspersons and state legislators from urban districts has declined more rapidly than their overall population (Wolman and Marckini, 1998;Weir, 1996).…”

Section: Economic Segregation As a Public Policy Issuementioning

confidence: 99%

Economic Inequality and Public Policy: The Power of Place

2002

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In recent decades two broad trends in American society have been well–documented: rising income inequality and rising segregation of economic classes across space in metropolitan areas. The thesis of this article is that rising economic segregation is both a cause of rising economic inequality and amplifies its effects in ways that do not showup in the income statistics. The article synthesizes the evidence on the contextual effects of economic segregation in three areas: 1) jobs and income; 2) public services; and 3) retail services. Economic segregation does not only undermine equal opportunity, it also damages American democracy. Although more research is needed on the effects of economic segregation, the evidence is more than sufficient to call for public action.

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Section: Economic Segregation As a Public Policy Issuementioning

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Economic Inequality and Public Policy: The Power of Place

2002

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Informatization, voter turnout and income inequality

Arawatari

2007

J Econ Inequal

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In recent years, voter turnout has been decreasing in most industrial countries, and about 40% of all electors abstain from voting. This may affect income inequality and the GDP growth rate through a redistribution policy determined by majority voting. In this paper, we explore the reasons for this continuing decrease in voter turnout and assess its social costs. We conclude that informatization lowers voter turnout by generating an information overload, and that a decrease in voter turnout lowers GDP growth by limiting income redistribution.

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