Descriptive Elections - Empowering the American Electorate

Informationen zum Autor By Jeanette Morehouse Mendez and Rebekah Herrick Klappentext This book presents a theory of descriptive elections that posits mixed-gender elections see higher voter turnout and voter engagement (lower alienation, indifference, and higher interest) as well as greater discussion of campaign issues. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceChapter 1: The Theory of Descriptive ElectionsChapter 2: The Effects of Descriptive Elections on Turnout Chapter 3: Effects of Descriptive Elections on Voter EngagementChapter 4: Descriptive Elections and Campaign AdsChapter 5: Descriptive Elections, Issues and Media Coverage Chapter 6: Descriptive Elections in State Legislative RacesChapter 7: Conclusion Appendix 1: Survey script for scenarios used with student surveyAppendix 2: Survey script for scenarios used with MTurk surveyAppendix 3: List of RacesAppendix 4: List of Issues CodedAppendix 5: List of Traits Coded

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• Authors: Rebekah Herrick, Jeanette Morehead Mendez, Jeanette Morehouse Mendez, Jeanette Morehouse Herrick Mendez, Mendez Jeanette Morehouse
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2016
• EAN: 9781498530293
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-3029-3
• No. of pages: 162
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, United States of America, USA, Gender studies, gender groups, Elections & referenda, Elections and referenda / suffrage