Are All Nonvoters “Slackers?” Understanding Participatory Nonvoters

• In Event: How Helplessness, Cynicism, Efficacy & Donations Shape the Vote

Brief Overview

I use two sources of data (including an original survey) to evaluate the existence of and motivations behind an understudied group in the United States: participatory nonvoters.

Author

• Sara M Kirshbaum, University of Massachusetts