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Rallings, Colin. "Voter Dropoff in Britain: Who, When, and Why?" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott Wardman Park, Omni Shoreham, Washington Hilton, Washington, DC, Sep 01, 2005 <Not Available>. 2011-03-14 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p41571_index.html>

Rallings, C. , 2005-09-01 "Voter Dropoff in Britain: Who, When, and Why?" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott Wardman Park, Omni Shoreham, Washington Hilton, Washington, DC Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2011-03-14 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p41571_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: A combination of aggregate and survey data are examined for possible explanations for voter dropoff within the UK. First, polling station-level data are assessed for the impact on voter turnout of socioeconomic and political factors across general, local and European elections. This finds little support for a resources model but does suggest that party competitiveness affects dropoff. Second, synchronous local and European elections in 2004 for some parts of the country provide the opportunity for assessing the contribution towards European election turnout made by combinations of all-postal voting and local council elections. It is clear that voter dropoff is reduced for European elections when local elections are re-scheduled and when electors are provided with a postal vote. There is some evidence that voters able to alter the local authority political control are more inclined towards participation. Third, the paper considers differences in the characteristics and attitudes of individuals who vote in both general and local elections with those that vote only in the former. Older people are more likely to be double voters, and while civic duty remains influential, the individual’s own assessment of costs and benefits of voting at a local election are crucial. Fourth, referendum voters in the North East region of England reveal important clues about voter engagement in direct democracy within the UK. These data help to confirm earlier findings that dropoff occurs more or less equally across all social types but also show that those who regard voting instrumentally are more inclined than others towards participation.

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