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Article: Does direct democracy increase voter turnout? Evidence from the 2004 general election.(Rational Choice and Microeconomics)(Report)
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- The American Journal of Economics and Sociology
- Article date:
- October 1, 2008
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Introduction
SINCE DOWNS (1957) first introduced the theory of the "rational voter," there have followed numerous theoretical extensions and empirical studies to enhance, test, and better understand the theory of variants thereof in a variety of both "real-world" and "experimental" contexts (e.g., Buchanan and Tullock 1962; Tullock 1967; Buchanan 1968; Riker and Ordeshook 1968; Brazel and Silberberg 1973; Ashenfelter and Kelly 1975; Wolfinger and Rosenstone 1980; Kafoglis and Cebula 1981; Cebula and Kafoglis 1983; Ledyard 1984; Morton 1987; Piven and Cloward 1988; Cox and Munger 1989; Morton 1991; Teixeira 1992; Aldrich 1993; Green and Shapiro 1994; ...
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... ... as the level of education rises, voter participation rates increase for both blacks and ... registration rates. The Racial Gap in Voter Participation Registering to vote is one thing ... four-year college degree, the voter participation rate was 59.8 percent, more than ...
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