POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Tax Deduction, Industrial Revolution, Tax Shelter
9 Dec 2016
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Elections in u. s. traditionally held on tuesdays: other countries hold them on sundays or make the election day a holiday. In the u. s. we vote many times during the course of a four-year period. Being registered to vote also means being registered for jury duty. American parties have declined as mobilizing agents. But they are not as deeply rooted in american politics. Overall, weaker mobilization efforts depress turnout by about 10 to 15 percent. Therefore, it costs more to vote in the u. s. and individuals receive less support for voting than do citizens in other countries. People differ in: their ability to bear the costs of voting, their strength of civic duty, how often they are targets of mobilization. Highly educated people are more likely to vote than those without formal educations: whites still tend to be more highly-educated, middle class votes. Turnout increases with age until very old age reverses the trend.
