The Motivation to Vote: Explaining Electoral Participation

by André Blais and Jean-François Daoust

Book Overview

Elections are at the heart of our democracy. Understanding citizens' decisions to vote or to abstain in elections is crucial, especially when turnout in so many established democracies is declining.
In The Motivation to Vote, Andr Blais and Jean-Fran ois Daoust provide an original and elegant model for why people vote. They argue that the decision to vote or abstain hinges on answers to four key questions: Do I like politics? Do I have a duty...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 077486267X
• ISBN13: 9780774862677
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 156 Pages