Seasonal factors, voter fatigue and the costs of voting

Electoral Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-79

  Rallings, C ^a   Thrasher, M ^a   Borisyuk, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Seasonal components; Voter fatigue; Voter turnout; Voting costs

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037353437     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-3794(01)00047-6     Document Type: Article

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