4/5/2014 FINAL REPORT FINAL REPORT BASELINE SURVEY OF VOTER KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS By William A. Collins‚ Ph.D. Hean Sokhom‚ Ph.D. Annuska Derks‚ M.A. Heng Kim Van‚ M.A. Kim Sedara‚ B.A. Lim Sidedine‚ B.A. Kin Tepmoly‚ B.A. Chraloeng Chanvattey‚ B.A. Center for Advanced Study Phnom Penh‚ Kingdom of Cambodia June 1998 Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.....................................................................................................................
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politics affected voter turn out or behavior? With the increasing rise of partisan politics in government and elections it seems as if the United States is becoming strictly black and white‚ Democrat or Republican‚ with very little room for gray areas in between. The Democratic and Republican parties are moving farther and farther apart from each other with Democrats becoming increasingly closer to the liberal end of the spectrum and Republicans moving towards the conservative end. Voters are seemingly
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had spent over $150‚000 on expensive‚ designer outfits for Sarah Palin to wear to public events‚ interviews‚ etc (Nytimes‚ 2008). 3. Voter ignorance/lack of knowledge about politics Increasing voter apathy has been a problem in the majority of countries in the world‚ notably the UK and the USA‚ of which the past elections have had a relatively low turnout for the past few decades. This is for a number of reasons: disillusionment with politicians or political participation‚ a lack of interest
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VERMONT Application for Addition to the Checklist (VT VOTER REGISTRATION FORM) 17 V.S.A. § 2145 (Please print clearly‚ use ballpoint pen‚ and bear down hard.) I‚ ______________________________________________________________ apply to have my name (Last Name) (First Name) (Middle Initial) added to the checklist of the Town/City of ______________________________________. By checking the boxes below‚ I swear or affirm that these are true statements: Yes No Are you
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Bads of Voter IDs In recent years states have been passing voter ID laws. And many of them have been getting a lot of backlash for them. Some of them include Indiana and Pennsylvania. Voter ID’s don’t sound very detrimental or life changing right? I mean you need an ID to get into a movie‚ buy alcohol‚ and even to buy cough medicine. So what exactly is the big fuss about? Well the left say it is discriminating against minorities and the poor. While the right says it’s trying to eliminate voter fraud
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Voter turnout is the number of voters who actually showed up to vote vs. the total number of eligible voters. This is calculated by dividing the number of valid votes by the number of registered voters. There are two ways of calculating that determines voter turnout. The reported turnout (Voting-age Population or VAP) is the result of the population who are aged 18 and older. This turnout rate includes people that are ineligible to vote which include felons and non-citizens. The more accurate measure
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particular voter is not concerned with the outcome of an election‚ the benefits one obtains from voting may be enough to outweigh the cost” (Miles 372-373). Second‚ demographics of the area voting play a large role in voter turnout. “In the aggregate‚ voters tend to be older wealthier‚ more educated and white than non-voters‚” which means that these types of voter
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Voter turnout has two different ways that it can be measured‚ which are: the percentage of registered voters voting or the percentage of the voting-age population voting. The most commonly used is the voting-age population since it streamlines variation in different state voting requirements and elections that have an effect on voter turnout. Historically‚ the participation of voters had been lower than the national average in Texas. Among the factors that can influence voter turnout are: the time
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First‚ Models 1-4 suggest that turnout does not have a significant impact on party strength. In the national party strength models‚ turnout does indeed have a significant and positive impact on party strength. This finding makes perfect sense. At the start of the period of study‚ whether one voted was highly dependent on class. Today‚ this relationship is not as strong. Figures 3.3 and 3.4 show a distinctive upward trend in the data. Moreover‚ midterm effects are visible. It makes it reasonable to
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numbers of factors that affect voter turnout. There are voters who are only interested in the presidential; however‚ there are voters who are interested in all elections. A simple factor of a low turnout can be as simple as the lack of interest of voters. One’s age‚ gender‚ and transportation to the polls is a factor. The weather plays a factor in the turnout of an election; a bright sunny day will have a higher turnout while a rainy‚ cold‚ and snowy day has lower turnouts. Socioeconomic status‚ a
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