This thesis examines the extent of turnout decline at general elections since 1992. Its first contribution is to reveal that turnout decline amongst the youngest age groups was …
One of the most consequential events of 2012 was the presidential election, and critical to it was the youth vote [2]. Young voters aged 18 to 29 turned out at virtually the same rate as …
It is a common theme in the literature on voter turnout that advanced Western democracies have entered a period of political disengagement and that it is young people, in particular …
E Plutzer - American political science review, 2002 - cambridge.org
This paper reframes our inquiry into voter turnout by making aging the lens through which the traditional resource and cost measures of previous turnout research are viewed, thereby …
In recent years, young voters have held the lowest turnout rate in the US electorate, and are often regarded as the least powerful age cohort to dictate election outcomes. However, how …
This paper is the sequel to one of IF's previous research projects The rise of gerontocracy? Addressing the intergenerational democratic deficit, which was published in April 2012. Dr …
The low electoral turnout of young people raises serious concerns about intergenerational justice and representative democracy. A powerful method is needed to address this low …
K Smets - European Political Science Review, 2016 - cambridge.org
Turnout among young adults has declined steadily in various advanced industrial democracies in recent decades. At the same time, as a consequence of delayed transitions …
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