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Voter turnout


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    • Election turnout
    • Turnout (Voting)
    • Voting turnout
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    • found: Work cat.: Laird, J. Occupational stratification in U.S. voter turnout, 2011.
    • found: Hill, D.L. American voter turnout, c2006.
    • found: Clem, R.S. Regional patterns of voter turnout in Russian elections, 1993-1996, 1998.
    • found: Voter turnout in Canada, c1991.
    • found: Bengtsson, Å. Economic effects on voting and turnout : Sweden in a comparative perspective, 2002.
    • found: De la Garza, R.O. Patterns of Latino turnout, c2002.
    • found: Lidderdale, T.C.M. Voting power and election turnout, 2002.
    • found: Lansing, M. A comparison of the voting turnout and party choice by British American women, 1977.
    • found: Oxford dictionaries online, Feb. 13, 2012(turnout: 1 [usually in singular] the number of people attending or taking part in an event, especially the number of people voting in an election)
    • found: Wikipedia, Feb. 13, 2012:Voter turnout ("Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election (eligible voters can change in every country, and should not be confused with the total adult population. For example some countries discriminate based on sex, race, and/or religion). After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s. In general, low turnout may be due to disenchantment, indifference, or contentment. ... There have been many efforts to increase turnout and encourage voting.")
    • found: FairVote website, Feb. 13, 2012:Research & Analysis > Voter Turnout ("Voter Turnout is a fundamental quality of fair elections and is generally considered to be a necessary factor for a healthy democracy. Low turnout is usually attributed to disengagement from the system because of perceived effectiveness of voting in changing policy decisions. ... In all national elections, turnout in the United States has a history of rising and falling over time, although it has never risen to levels of turnout in most of the well-established democracies in other nations.")
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    • 2012-02-13: new
    • 2012-07-16: revised
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