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This study of the general public's dissatisfaction with the electoral process is the result of thousands of interviews with voters and seeks to understand why, for example, less than half of the eligible voters actually turned out at the polls in the 2000 presidential election and what can be done about that. Patterson asserts that the core voting blocks are generally somewhat conservative, and that this results in elections that reinforce the status quo.
| Size | | Length: | 254 pages | | Height: | 9.5 in | | Width: | 6.0 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 20.8 oz |
Industry Reviews
"Patterson puts forth a cogent, well-documented case that the four decades of decline in electoral participation...Despite the large number of interviews [conducted as research for this book], Patterson devotes little space to the actual ruminations of the voters, so his book comes across like a textbook, albeit one that is quite well written....THE VANISHING VOTER is a refreshing book, in part because, despite his distaste for how politics is practiced, Patterson does not come off sounding like a carping reformer who has not taken the time to try to understand the underlying causes of the problems he is complaining about."
New York Times Book Review - Richard E. Berkey (10/20/2002)
"[a] wise and skeptical account of the contemporary electorate...."
Washington Post Book World - Corey Robin (11/03/2002)
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