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In political science, voter fatigue is a cause of voter abstention which result from the electorates of representative democracies being asked to vote often, on too many issues or without easy access to relevant information. [1]
In political science voter fatigue is defined as, "the apathy that the electorate can experience under certain circumstances, one of which could be that they are required to vote too often." One of the possible causes for voter fatigue is the barrage of political messages through social media. [ 18 ]
In the alternative vote, ballot exhaustion occurs when a voter's ballot can no longer be counted, because all candidates on that ballot have been eliminated from an election. Contributors to ballot exhaustion include: Voter exhaustion (i.e. time or effort constraints), [1] [2] Protest votes intended to oppose all unranked candidates, [3] [4]
Accusations of absentee ballot manipulation date back to at least 1986, when five of the city's Democrats were arrested for collecting and possessing other people’s ballots.
Some argue the term 'voter suppression' downplays the harm done when voices are not reflected in an election, calling for terms like 'vote destruction' that accounts for the permanence of each vote not being cast. [1] Making it harder to vote for people who have been given the right, can lead to voter fatigue.
Early turnout in California's primary is low, particularly among those 18 to 35. But voters can still send or drop off mail ballots and vote in person.
Three cleavage-based voting factors, or individual differences impacting voting behavior, focused on in existing research are religion, class, and gender. [12] In recent years, voting cleavage has shifted from concerns of Protestant vs Catholic religions to have a larger focus on religious vs non-religious leanings. [12]
Roughly 3 in 4 American adults believe the upcoming presidential election is vital to the future of U.S. democracy, although which candidate they think poses the greater threat depends on their ...