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Explaining the turnout decline in Canadian federal elections

18 Mar 2003

The report examines responses given by non-voters in the 2000 federal election about their reasons for not going to the polls. Those reasons include lack of interest in the election, negative attitudes toward politics, and personal/administrative factors. Young non-voters were more likely to cite lack of interest and personal/administrative reasons for not voting. The report then examines a series of correlates of not voting, starting with socio-demographic factors. Three additional topics are investigated at greater length: 1. political attitudes of youth, 2. possible improvement in the voting rate that might be produced by use of the Internet for adding to and updating the National Register of Electors, and/or for voting itself, and 3. a more detailed analysis of the personal and administrative factors behind not voting.

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Authors

Pammett, Jon H

Pages
77
Published in
Canada

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