Turnout

the society and voice our opinion on the candidates. Voter turnout in Texas refers to the percentage of eligible citizens, persons age eighteen and older, who cast their ballots; furthermore, the percentage is not just restricted to the people who are registered. These citizens would have previously had to go through

United States. The question that Roberts tried to answer was, “Why is voter turnout so low in the United States?” One of the basic premises of the article was that high voter turnout was a good and desirable thing. He argued that that high voter turnout is crucially important and something that should be sought after in presidential elections. The article also presented several possible solutions to the problem of low voter turnout. King, B. A., & Hale, K. (2016). Why Don't Americans Vote? Causes and

Mckee, S. C., M. V. Hood, and D. Hill. "Achieving Validation: Barack Obama and Black Turnout in 2008." State Politics & Policy Quarterly 12.1 (2012): 3-22. Web. This book examines the advancement of black leadership and politics since the Civil Rights Movement. It looks Barack Obama, from his time spent as a successful candidate for the Illinois State Senate to President of the United States, as part of the continuum of African American political leaders. Marable, Manning, and Kristen Clarke.

Overall, our theory that social media use is a cause for voter turnout was not supported through our tests. Our results from our hypothesis chi-square test, our regression analysis, and also our predicted probabilities test show that social media use does not have a significant effect on voter turnout in the 2012 presidential election. Our theory may have been flawed in thinking that less people are dependent on social media than we originally thought. This can been seen in our graphic that a majority

Abbott Rejects Obama Criticism Of Texas Voter Turnout Efforts By Jamie Lovegrove Texas Tribune • Mar 14, 2016 ShareTwitter Facebook Google+ Email Texas Gov. Greg Abbott at a press conference on Monday dismissed President Obama's criticisms of the state's efforts to improve voter turnout, arguing that the state must crack down on "rampant" voter fraud. Jamie Lovegrove / Texas Tribune Texas Gov. Greg Abbott repudiated President Barack Obama’s recent criticisms of the state’s voter laws on Monday, arguing

Social Desirability Bias in Post- Election Self-Reports Jeaniffer Oyee September 29, 2015 Word Count: 980 PROBLEM Post-election turnout surveys usually yield rates of voting in elections that are higher than official turnout rates. This is caused by the misrepresentation by individuals who did not vote. Voting is a civic act of duty, so some respondents may be unwilling to admit that they did not live up to their civic duty. In the data provided, the American Election Studies

It is believed that higher voter turnout favors the Democratic candidate. If turnout is high, then it would be expected that the percentage of Democratic votes would be high as well. This theory is based on the idea that Democrats have less of a voter turnout than Republicans, so low voter turnout would be beneficial to Republican candidates. This paper will explore this theory and will utilize data in order to confirm if this is, in fact, the case. This paper will also look into other reasons that

includes research on how to increase turnout among the electorate through the specific implementations of direct voter contact methods such as phone calls, direct mail, and volunteer canvassers as well as maximizing the potential effects of other campaigns tactics such as television advertisement. Such research allows campaigns to identify areas in which limited resources such as capital and time can be allocated to achieve the maximal effect in terms of turnout and

They found that as a precinct has more renters or more non-white voters, the turnout under VBM elections decreases, although at different rates for different election types. Having higher rates of college graduates in a precinct is correlated to higher turnout rates under VBM. This study was one of the first to consider who VBM might benefit, as opposed to the less complex question of increasing general turnout. While this research is indicative of who VBM might benefit, it relies on precinct-level

This past weekend, mid-term elections took place nationwide. According to the United States Election Project headed by Dr. Michael McDonald at University of Florida,with just a voter turnout of 36.4%, it was the lowest overall turnout since World War II which occurred 70 years ago. Mid-term elections are congressional elections that occur halfway through the president’s term. Congressional ballots are held every two years and all House of Representative seats are contested as well as one-third of