04656nam 2200637 a 450 991082059790332120200520144314.00-7619-1900-71-322-42238-91-4522-6748-0(CKB)2670000000339129(EBL)1195912(SSID)ssj0000968940(PQKBManifestationID)12478846(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000968940(PQKBWorkID)10985580(PQKB)10258334(MiAaPQ)EBC1195912(OCoLC)1007860887(StDuBDS)EDZ0000085245(EXLCZ)99267000000033912919990608d1999 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrNonvoters America's no-shows /Jack C. Doppelt, Ellen Shearer1st ed.Thousand Oaks, Calif. Sage Publicationsc19991 online resource (xvii, 246 p.) illDescription based upon print version of record.1-4522-3348-9 0-7619-1901-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-240) and index.Cover -- Contents -- Introduction: Why Hear from Nonvoters? -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 - The Conventional Wisdom About Nonvoters -- Civic Embarrassment -- Disgrace in the Eyes of Other Countries -- A Vital Democracy? -- Changing Symbolism of Voting -- Chapter 2 - Profiling America's Nonvoters„Their Voices -- Reflecting the Stereotype -- Detachment and Cynicism Belie Good Voting Intentions -- Avoiding Political Parties -- The Issues: God, Motherhood, and the Economy -- Often Involved and Informed, But Not Necessarily in Politics -- Doers -- Unpluggeds -- Irritables -- Don't Knows -- Alienateds -- Words Versus Deeds -- Chapter 3 - Doers -- Dr. Robert Wolkow: Advocate Against Lazy Voting -- Nancy Smith: No Time Left for Voting -- Jason Caldwell: A Step Away From Voting -- Claudine D'Orazio: Dedicated to the Hospitality Industry -- Ryan Gerali: Put It Off and Missed His First Election -- Paul Rains: A Member of the Silent Majority, Content to Follow -- Gene Tencza: The Pursuit of Ordinary Happiness -- Sue Jablonsky: Gone Fishing -- Chapter 4 - Unpluggeds -- Jack Daniels: Missing in Action Since Kennedy -- Barbara Beth: A Hard-Scrabble Life Focused on Raising Her Kids and Getting By -- Janet Shepherd: Runaway Mother Who's Seen All She's Gonna See -- Karen Pelling: Distracted by Darts -- Tracy Rowley: Baited, Switched, and Out -- Paula Ryan: She Counts on Herself and Her Neighbors, Not Washington -- Steve Gordon: Tuned Out From Politics -- Iris Llamas: Politics Are Outside Her World -- Serena Slaton: "The Word" Is Not Politics -- Chapter 5 - Irritables -- Henry Montoya: On Election Day, He's Voting„For No One -- Michael Keegan: He Wants to Get Away From the Lies and Incivility -- Melody Lewis: Hollow Faces on Parade -- Caren Freigenberg: A New Yorker at Heart, She Won't Vote in New Jersey -- Chapter 6 - Don't Knows.Susan Godoy: Cracks in Her Fairy-Tale World -- Elizabeth B axley: Family Matters, Politics Don't -- Erica Smith: Living in Fear -- George Perez: Right There in Spirit if Politicians Touched Social Security -- Chapter 7 - Alienateds -- Kathy Smith: Doesn 't Count and Doesn 't Care -- Alma Romanowski: Registration Is Only Ninth Tenths of the Vote -- Chapter 8 - Can't Shows -- James Ayarkwa-Duah: He Knows a Vote Counts„And Wishes He Had One -- Estela Crespo: She May Become a U.S. Citizen, But She Still May Never Vote -- Keith Roberts: U.S. Marshal Turned Felon Turning Back -- Chapter 9 - Conclusion: American Democracy Into the 21st Century -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- References -- Other Sources -- Index -- About the Authors.'Nonvoters' addresses the issue of why 51.2 percent of the population of the USA failed to vote in the November 1996 presidential election.VotingUnited StatesCase studiesPolitical participationUnited StatesCase studiesPresidentsUnited StatesElection1996Case studiesAlienation (Social psychology)United StatesCase studiesVotingPolitical participationPresidentsElectionAlienation (Social psychology)324.973/092Doppelt Jack C556169Shearer Ellen1952-1705739MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820597903321Nonvoters4092692UNINA