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Campaign finance fictions.(Politics)(Book Review)
Campaign Finance Fictions John Samples, "Three Myths about Voter Turnout in the United States," Cato Institute Policy Analysis No. 524, September 2004 (cato.org)
Alongside American stances toward the Kyoto climate-change protocol and the International Criminal Court, one frequent target of derision from European commentators is the low voter turnout in American elections. They frequently allege that turnout is in steady decline and that the influence of money is corrupting American politics and driving voters away. Negative campaign ads, a third argument goes, also contribute to this problem.
Cato Institute scholar John Samples comprehensively demolishes these three arguments. Samples demonstrates that the traditional method of measuring voter turnout, dividing the number of votes cast by the voting age population of the United States, is no longer an accurate measure. The number of Americans of voting age not eligible to vote (because they are immigrants, for example) has jumped. When measured against eligible voters, turnout has remained roughly flat since ...
- Electme.com Solves Low Voter Turnout; Term limits have created a huge candidate...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 15, 2002 700+ words
...http://www.electme.com/ , a new political website which promises to solve "Low Voter Turnout" and end the need for Campaign Finance Reform by making it easy for any candidate for political office to reach the "most likely voters...
- Setting the record straight concerning low voter turnout.(Life in America)
- Magazine article from: USA Today (Magazine) Samples, John November 1, 2004 700+ words
...to restrict campaign finance and regulate...decline in voter turnout is a sign of...declines in voter turnout? After all...concerned about voter turnout maintain that...the arena of campaign finance allows the...
- When politics looks like bribery: US Senate this week tackles campaign-finance...
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor March 19, 2001 700+ words
...possibly even depressing voter turnout. Now, as the Senate takes up campaign-finance reform this week...lawmakers will alter a campaign-finance system that they...1979 revision of the campaign-finance law opened a loophole...
- Utah voter turnout withers: Elections ? Civic apathy empowers special interests.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire December 22, 2008 700+ words
...of implications for voter turnout," Patterson said...demographics also work against voter turnout, as Utah is a young...to reform ethics, campaign finance, lobbying, redistricting...elections, keeps track of voter turnout only as a percentage...
- UCLA: Voter turnout low, apathy high among youngest age bracket.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire October 22, 2008 700+ words
...uninvolved with the political world. Voter turnout is by far the lowest among the...a UCLA club that promotes campaign finance reform. (But) the key is...of the better predictors of voter turnout is how long you ve lived in...
- National voter turnout less an issue than local scenes.
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Mishra, Raja November 3, 1998 700+ words
WASHINGTON _ National voter turnout Tuesday will be low, perhaps historically low, but such...In Wisconsin and Kentucky, candidates are talking about campaign finance. In Nevada, it has been nuclear waste dumping. In South...
- NC Voter Turnout Hits Rock Bottom.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 29, 2000 700+ words
...only 2,942,062 voted on November 7th, or 56.7%. Voter turnout has been on a precipitous decline for over 30 years. In...begin work to achieve a series of meaningful solutions on campaign finance reform, such as a ban on unregulated "soft" money, stronger...
- Supreme Court may look to Arizona's `clean' elections in campaign finance...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Henderson, Stephen September 7, 2003 700+ words
...possible for federal campaign-finance reform when it hears...world of radical campaign-finance reform. And both...candidates, higher voter turnout and the decline...donations as proof that campaign-finance reform can work...
- Supreme Court may look to Arizona's `clean' elections in campaign finance...
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder Washington Bureau (Washington, DC) September 7, 2003 700+ words
...possible for federal campaign-finance reform when it hears...world of radical campaign-finance reform. And both...candidates, higher voter turnout and the decline...donations as proof that campaign-finance reform can work...
- Making Every Vote Count.(voter turnout analysed)(Government Activity)
- Magazine article from: The Nation Guinier, Lani December 4, 2000 700+ words
...But nothing changed. Democracy was an asterisk in political debate, typically encompassed in a vague reference to "campaign finance reform." Enter Florida. The fiasco there provides a rare opportunity to rethink and improve our voting practices in...
Source: HighBeam Research, Campaign finance fictions.(Politics)(Book Review)