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来源

URBAN AFFAIRS REVIEW,Vol.54,Issue6,P.1081-1106

语言

英文

关键字

turnout; ballot roll-off; Toronto; LOCAL ELECTIONS; POLITICAL-ATTITUDES; ELECTORAL SUCCESS; VOTING MACHINES; URBAN-POLITICS; CITY ELECTIONS; BLACK-HOLE; TURNOUT; PARTICIPATION; MOBILIZATION

作者单位

[McGregor, R. Michael] Ryerson Univ, Dept Polit & Publ Adm, Toronto, ON, Canada. McGregor, RM (reprint author), Ryerson Univ, 350 Victoria St, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada. E-Mail: mmcgregor@ryerson.ca

摘要

This article explores the correlates of ballot roll-off in the 2014 Toronto municipal election. While turnout in the mayoral contest was comparatively high, roughly 4.3% of voters abstained from council races. Using data from the Toronto Election Study, a large-N survey of electors conducted around the time of the 2014 Toronto Election, this study identifies a series of factors related to roll-off from mayoral to council elections. These variables include a number of sociodemographic characteristics and attitudinal factors commonly associated with turnout, measures of attachment to the city, and a series of election-specific factors. Results reveal that many factors commonly associated with abstention similarly drive roll-off, but that the experiences of individual voters also have an impact upon roll-off rates.