Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ536731
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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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
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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