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votinglinks: Grassroots Founders, on voting: Thomas Jefferson (concluded)
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A blog on representative democracy, voting and elections. Saturday, July 22, 2006. Grassroots Founders, on voting: Thomas Jefferson (concluded). Did Jefferson ever change his mind? Here Jefferson writes on voting in 1824, two years before his death. Thomas Jefferson to John Hampden Pleasants, 1824. Http:/ etext.lib.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/jeff1100.htm. Jefferson: Notes for a Constitution, 1794. Http:/ etext.lib.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/jeff1100.htm. Previous post in this series. E-mail...
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votinglinks: August 2006
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A blog on representative democracy, voting and elections. Monday, August 14, 2006. Grassroots Founders, on voting: Alexander Hamilton. We must submit to this idea, that the true principle of a republic is, that the people should choose whom they please to govern them. Representation is imperfect; in the proportion as the current of popular favor is checked. The great source of free government, popular election, should be perfectly pure, and the most unbounded liberty allowed. ". The average turnout for a...
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votinglinks: How important were ‘moral values’ issues in the 2004 election? (continued) A look at the exit poll itself
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A blog on representative democracy, voting and elections. Friday, July 21, 2006. How important were ‘moral values’ issues in the 2004 election? Continued) A look at the exit poll itself. J Langer and G Cohen, in 'Voters and Values in the 2004 Election', use data from the 2004 National Election Poll (NEP) exit poll itself. So they give tour through the data that caused all the fuss in the first place. Change in probability of Bush vote. As a function of choice of top issue. Iraq war: -0.099. Choosing terr...
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votinglinks: July 2006
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A blog on representative democracy, voting and elections. Thursday, July 27, 2006. Turnout: how bad is it in the US? Well, compared to other countries, voter turnout in the United States is awful. Previous posts have emphasized that recent voter turnout in the US is not doomed to stay in the dumps compared to. Table- International comparison of average voter turnout. Table adapted from article Voter Turnout, http:/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter turnout. The tables and graphs in the Wikipedia Voter Turnout ...
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votinglinks: Turnout: how bad is it in the US?
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A blog on representative democracy, voting and elections. Thursday, July 27, 2006. Turnout: how bad is it in the US? Well, compared to other countries, voter turnout in the United States is awful. Previous posts have emphasized that recent voter turnout in the US is not doomed to stay in the dumps compared to. Table- International comparison of average voter turnout. Table adapted from article Voter Turnout, http:/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter turnout. The tables and graphs in the Wikipedia Voter Turnout ...
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votinglinks: Turnout: whither them dang kids?
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A blog on representative democracy, voting and elections. Sunday, July 23, 2006. Turnout: whither them dang kids? D Nickerson. Hunting the elusive young voter. Journal of Political Marketing. forthcoming(? Pre-publication copy from author's homepage:. Http:/ www.nd.edu/ dnickers/papers/Hunting the Elusive Young Voter.pdf. Graph- Adult and youth voter turnout as percent of Voting Eligbile Population. Http:/ elections.gmu.edu/APSR%20McDonald%20and Popkin 2001.pdf. Previous post in this series. Democratic P...
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votinglinks: Ancient Athenian Democracy: It wasn’t the democracy it was the Athenians
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A blog on representative democracy, voting and elections. Tuesday, July 25, 2006. Ancient Athenian Democracy: It wasn’t the democracy it was the Athenians. Been reading about Ancient Athenian democracy. I decided it has gotten a bad rap. Wasn’t the democracy that was unstable it was the ancient Athenians. They were out of control; too busy doing other things, like establishing trade empires and inventing Western culture. Solon prohibited a person from putting up their freedom as a collateral for a loan, ...
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votinglinks: Grassroots Founders, on voting: Alexander Hamilton
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A blog on representative democracy, voting and elections. Monday, August 14, 2006. Grassroots Founders, on voting: Alexander Hamilton. We must submit to this idea, that the true principle of a republic is, that the people should choose whom they please to govern them. Representation is imperfect; in the proportion as the current of popular favor is checked. The great source of free government, popular election, should be perfectly pure, and the most unbounded liberty allowed. ". California, United States.
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votinglinks: Grassroots Founders, on voting: Thomas Jefferson (continued)
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A blog on representative democracy, voting and elections. Wednesday, July 19, 2006. Grassroots Founders, on voting: Thomas Jefferson (continued). Did Jefferson change his mind about the unimportance of property rights and voting or was his opinion in 1776 a result of youthful rashness and revolutionary fervor? Well, here he is 40 years later, and it looks like he has even more fervor than before:. What constitutes a State? Not high-raised battlements, or labor'd mound,. Thick wall, or moated gate;. E-mai...
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votinglinks: Turnout: how bad is it in the US --as % of registered voters?
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A blog on representative democracy, voting and elections. Monday, August 14, 2006. Turnout: how bad is it in the US - as % of registered voters? I have omitted some elections in some countries where, for one reason or another, the elections or voter registration statistics might not be considered kosher, but that is a subjective judgment. All the statistics can be found at the US Election Assistance Commission:. Http:/ www.eac.gov/election resources/internatto.htm. Previous post in this series. How impor...
