The Effect of Residence Requirements on Voting Turnout,1824-1968

Jerrold Rusk ()
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Jerrold Rusk: Rice University

No 9011583, Proceedings of International Academic Conferences from International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences

Abstract: The author theorizes that residence requirements will increase the costs of individual participation in U.S. elections. Different stringencies in voter residency laws will lead to different vote turnout results. This hypothesis is tested using both cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses for the period 1824-1968. The hypothesis is confirmed for both the nation at large and the separate regions of the South and non-South when using state residency requirements as the explanatory factor. County residency requirements also show an effect on voter turnout but only in the South. The effect of residency requirements is demonstrated for several races (presidential, congressional, gubernatorial) and for both presidential and midterm election years The basic conclusion of this study is that residency requirements place an important barrier to voter participation and hence must be recognized as a significant part of the legal-institutional effect on voting behavior.

Keywords: turnout; residency; region (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 1 page
Date: 2019-06
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Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 45th International Academic Conference, London, Jun 2019, pages 228-228

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