Modes of participation over the adult life span

Jankowski, Thomas B.; Strate, John

doi:10.1007/bf01498785

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“…Research on conventional political participation in the developed world has also found that age is associated with turnout (Lane 1959;Strate et al 1989;Jankowski and Strate 1995): as citizens transition into adulthood, they become more involved with public affairs, more connected with their communities, and develop a greater sense of civic duty, which increases their incentives to participate. In addition, as older citizens become inserted in social networks, their behavior is monitored and scrutinized by others, increasing the costs of not voting.…”

Section: Socio-demographic Explanationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To test my main hypothesis, I also include a series of individual-level 2 and aggregate-level control variables that have been shown in previous research to affect electoral participation. First, it is possible that the age of the respondents has an impact on their likelihood of turnout (Lane 1959;Wolfinger and Rosenstone 1980;Strate et al 1989;Jankowski and Strate 1995). Age is a variable that measures the age of the respondents in each survey, dividing it into five cohorts.…”

Section: Research Design Data and Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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What Explains Voter Turnout in Latin America?: A Test of the Effect of Citizens' Attitudes Towards the Electoral Process

Haime

2017

Rev. cienc. polít. (Santiago)

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Research on electoral participation at the individual level in Latin America remains scarce. This article extends our knowledge about the individual-level factors that impact citizens' propensity to vote in the region. Specifically, I assess the link between citizens' trust in the electoral process and voter turnout using recent survey data from 19 Latin American countries between 2004 and 2014. Using logistic models I show that trust in the fairness of elections has a significant and positive effect on voter turnout across the region, and that this effect is mediated by the existence of compulsory voting laws.

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Section: Socio-demographic Explanationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Research Design Data and Variablesmentioning

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What Explains Voter Turnout in Latin America?: A Test of the Effect of Citizens' Attitudes Towards the Electoral Process

Haime

2017

Rev. cienc. polít. (Santiago)

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“…The need to constantly re-register is a burden that often leads citizens to abstain from voting. Home ownership, just like residential stability, is considered to strengthen community ties (Lane, 1959;Jankowski and Strate, 1995).…”

Section: Life-cycle Events and Their Impact On Young Adult Voter Turnoutmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…After leaving school, getting a job is often the next step toward assuming adult roles (Lane, 1959;Elder, 1985;Jankowski and Strate, 1995). The work environment is considered a place of political socialization in various ways -both direct and indirect (Sigel, 1989;Brady et al, 1995).…”

Section: Life-cycle Events and Their Impact On Young Adult Voter Turnoutmentioning

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Revisiting the political life-cycle model: later maturation and turnout decline among young adults

Smets

2015

Eur. Pol. Sci. Rev.

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Turnout among young adults has declined steadily in various advanced industrial democracies in recent decades. At the same time, as a consequence of delayed transitions to adulthood, many life-cycle events considered important for the development of electoral participation are experienced later in life. These combined trends call for a revaluation of the political life-cycle model and the way in which it explains voter turnout among young adults. More specifically, in this paper it is argued that variation in the timing of life events has been overlooked as an explanatory factor of generational differences in young adults' propensity to turn out to vote. With accumulating evidence that the decision to vote is to some extent habitual, a lack of life experiences may cause young adults to form the habit to abstain rather than to vote. If the mechanisms of the life-cycle model are indeed correct, later maturation should at least partially explain why young adults these days are less inclined to vote than their parents or grandparents in their younger years. Based on the British Election Studies from 1964 to 2010, the findings of this study confirm generally observed patterns of a delayed assumption of adult roles by young citizens. This trend toward later maturation negatively affects turnout levels of young citizens. If maturation levels had remained at pre-war levels, the average turnout among Britain's post-seventies generation would have been no less than 12 percentage points higher.

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“…Moreover, Boomers are more politically involved than Millennials. Boomers understand the importance and role that politics plays in their lives and have developed a voting habit [34,35]. As such, Boomers exhibit higher rates of donating, volunteering and voting than young people [29,34].…”

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Boomers versus Millennials: Online Media Influence on Media Performance and Candidate Evaluations

Towner

Muñoz

2016

Social Sciences

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Facebook posts, YouTube videos, tweets and wooing political bloggers have become standard practice in marketing political campaigns. Research has demonstrated the effect of new media on a host of politically-related behavior, including political participation, knowledge acquisition, group formation and self-efficacy. Yet, issues related to media trust, media performance and candidate evaluations have not been fully explored. In addition, much of the political marketing research looks exclusively at the Millennial age cohort, ignoring other age groups, particularly Baby Boomers. This case study addresses whether attention to traditional (i.e., television, hard-copy newspapers and radio) and online media sources (i.e., political candidate websites, television network websites, online newspapers, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Tumblr and political blogs) about the 2012 U.S. presidential campaign influences Millennials and Baby Boomers' media trust and performance ratings, as well as candidate evaluations. Panel surveys were completed by both age cohorts, Millennials (n = 431) and Baby Boomers (n = 360), during the last two weeks of the presidential election. Findings indicate that traditional sources, specifically television, rather than online sources are significantly linked to media trust and performance ratings among both Boomers and Millennials. Attention to traditional media for campaign information predicts Boomers' candidate evaluations, whereas Millennials' candidate evaluations are influenced by online sources, such as Facebook and candidate websites.

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Modes of participation over the adult life span

Cited by 36 publications

References 18 publications

What Explains Voter Turnout in Latin America?: A Test of the Effect of Citizens' Attitudes Towards the Electoral Process

What Explains Voter Turnout in Latin America?: A Test of the Effect of Citizens' Attitudes Towards the Electoral Process

Revisiting the political life-cycle model: later maturation and turnout decline among young adults

Boomers versus Millennials: Online Media Influence on Media Performance and Candidate Evaluations

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