1# Library to Find Best eBook for Read
Author : Bernard L. Fraga
Release : 2018-11-06
Genre : Political Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 191/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Turnout Gap by : Bernard L. Fraga
Download or read book The Turnout Gap written by Bernard L. Fraga. This book was released on 2018-11-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Persistent racial/ethnic gaps in voter turnout produce elections that are increasingly unrepresentative of the wishes of all Americans.
Author : Bernard L. Fraga
Release : 2018-11-01
Genre : Political Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 161/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Turnout Gap by : Bernard L. Fraga
Download or read book The Turnout Gap written by Bernard L. Fraga. This book was released on 2018-11-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Turnout Gap, Bernard L. Fraga offers the most comprehensive analysis to date of the causes and consequences of racial and ethnic disparities in voter turnout. Examining voting for Whites, African Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans from the 1800s to the present, Fraga documents persistent gaps in turnout and shows that elections are increasingly unrepresentative of the wishes of all Americans. These gaps persist not because of socioeconomics or voter suppression, but because minority voters have limited influence in shaping election outcomes. As Fraga demonstrates, voters turn out at higher rates when their votes matter; despite demographic change, in most elections and most places, minorities are less electorally relevant than Whites. The Turnout Gap shows that when politicians engage the minority electorate, the power of the vote can win. However, demography is not destiny. It is up to politicians, parties, and citizens themselves to mobilize the potential of all Americans.
Author : Davin L. Phoenix
Release : 2019-12-26
Genre : Political Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 661/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Anger Gap by : Davin L. Phoenix
Download or read book The Anger Gap written by Davin L. Phoenix. This book was released on 2019-12-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anger is a powerful mobilizing force in American politics on both sides of the political aisle, but does it motivate all groups equally? This book offers a new conceptualization of anger as a political resource that mobilizes black and white Americans differentially to exacerbate political inequality. Drawing on survey data from the last forty years, experiments, and rhetoric analysis, Phoenix finds that - from Reagan to Trump - black Americans register significantly less anger than their white counterparts and that anger (in contrast to pride) has a weaker mobilizing effect on their political participation. The book examines both the causes of this and the consequences. Pointing to black Americans' tempered expectations of politics and the stigmas associated with black anger, it shows how race and lived experience moderate the emergence of emotions and their impact on behavior. The book makes multiple theoretical contributions and offers important practical insights for political strategy.
Author : John B. Holbein
Release : 2020-02-20
Genre : Political Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 420/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Making Young Voters by : John B. Holbein
Download or read book Making Young Voters written by John B. Holbein. This book was released on 2020-02-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The solution to youth voter turnout requires focus on helping young people follow through on their political interests and intentions.
Author : Jan E. Leighley
Release : 2013-11-24
Genre : Political Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 628/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Who Votes Now? by : Jan E. Leighley
Download or read book Who Votes Now? written by Jan E. Leighley. This book was released on 2013-11-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who Votes Now? compares the demographic characteristics and political views of voters and nonvoters in American presidential elections since 1972 and examines how electoral reforms and the choices offered by candidates influence voter turnout. Drawing on a wealth of data from the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey and the American National Election Studies, Jan Leighley and Jonathan Nagler demonstrate that the rich have consistently voted more than the poor for the past four decades, and that voters are substantially more conservative in their economic views than nonvoters. They find that women are now more likely to vote than men, that the gap in voting rates between blacks and whites has largely disappeared, and that older Americans continue to vote more than younger Americans. Leighley and Nagler also show how electoral reforms such as Election Day voter registration and absentee voting have boosted voter turnout, and how turnout would also rise if parties offered more distinct choices. Providing the most systematic analysis available of modern voter turnout, Who Votes Now? reveals that persistent class bias in turnout has enduring political consequences, and that it really does matter who votes and who doesn't.
