Why do people vote? A psychological analysis of the causes of voter turnout

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 525-549

  Harder, Joshua ^a   Krosnick, Jon A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; ELECTION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGY; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 48949087472     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2008.00576.x     Document Type: Review

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