A great deal of scholarship has explored why some democratic citizens vote while others do
not. This article reviews that literature through a lens presuming that a person's likelihood of …

The decision to vote has puzzled scholars for decades. Theoretical models predict little or no
variation in participation in large population elections and empirical models have typically …

Fowler, Baker, and Dawes () recently showed in two independent studies of twins that voter
turnout has very high heritability. Here we investigate two specific genes that may contribute …

Objective. The relationship between religion and political participation has not been
rigorously investigated, typically employing only basic measures of church attendance or …

We use data from the Voting and Registration Supplement of the Current Population Survey
to explore the effects of family structure on turnout in the 2000 presidential election. Our …

The biological and social transmission of attitudes toward abortion and gay rights are
analyzed in a large sample of adult twins, siblings, and their parents. We present a linear …

The relationship between age and turnout has been curve-linear as electoral participation
first increases with age, remains relatively stable throughout middle-age and then gradually …

Lesbians, gays and bisexuals (LGBs) tend to affiliate with the Democratic Party and hold
distinctively liberal views on a wide range of issues, including issues that have nothing to do …

Declining voter turnout has been most pronounced among young adults. While antidotes
remain elusive, we know that voting and abstention are habit-forming (for example, Blais …

Family structure and family values have undergone tremendous changes over the last
generation. The basic structure of the family has been reshaped and family values and …