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ERIC Number: EJ536731
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Social Barriers to Voting.
Schneider, Pauline
Social Education, v60 n6 p355-57 Oct 1996
Summarizes some of the attitudes and circumstances contributing to low-voter turnout in the United States. These include apathy, language problems, lack of education, minority disincentives, a mobile population, and the discouraging effect of polls. Notes the impressive correlation between voter registration and voter participation. (MJP)
Descriptors: Alienation, Apathy, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Civics, Elections, Law Related Education, Negative Attitudes, Political Attitudes, Political Campaigns, Politics, Secondary Education, Social Attitudes, Social Bias, Social Indicators, Social Studies, Student Participation, Voting
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Wolfinger (Raymond)
Note: This is a reprint of an article that originally appeared in the 1996 Fall issue of "Update on Law-Related Education."