voter fatigue

(noun)

voter fatigue is the apathy that the electorate can experience under certain circumstances, one of which could be that they are required to vote too often.

Related Terms

  • voter suppression

Examples of voter fatigue in the following topics:

  • Factors Affecting Voter Turnout

    • Many causes have been proposed for the decline in voting, including demographics, voter fatigue and voter suppression, among other things.
    • Voter suppression instead attempts to reduce the number of voters who might vote against the candidate or proposition advocated by the suppressors.
    • In the United States and most Latin American nations, voters must go through separate voter registration procedures before they are allowed to vote.
    • In politics, voter fatigue is the apathy that the electorate can experience under certain circumstances, one of which could be (in exceptional circumstances) that they are required to vote too often.
    • Voter fatigue and voter apathy should be distinguished from what arises when voters are not allowed or unable to vote, or when disenfranchisement occurs.
  • The Effect of Low Voter Turnout

    • High voter turnout is often considered to be desirable, though among political scientists and economists specialising in public choice, the issue is still debated.
    • In developed countries, non-voters tend to be concentrated in particular demographic and socioeconomic groups, especially the young and the poor.
    • Voter turnout varies considerably between countries.
    • Voters lining up outside a Baghdad polling station during the 2005 Iraqi election.
    • Voter turnout was considered high despite widespread concerns of violence.
  • Voting as Political Participation

    • In 1993, Congress passed the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, also known as the "motor voter" law, allowing citizens to register at motor vehicle and social service offices.
    • "Motor voter's" success in increasing the ranks of registered voters differs by state depending on how well the program is publicized and executed.
    • Voter registration also has increased as a result of online registration.
    • RTV registered over 2 million new voters in 1992, 80% of whom cast a ballot, and signed up over 2.5 million voters in 2008.
    • Voter turnout in presidential elections is generally higher than for lower-level contests; usually more than half the eligible voters cast a ballot .
  • The Candidates

    • Due to a decrease in party identification, the personal traits of candidates have become an influential factor in voters' decisions.
    • The personal traits of candidates have become an influential factor in voters' decisions during recent elections.
    • Issue voting can also be problematic when candidates' stances differ drastically from those of voters.
    • Many candidates utilize demographic factors to appeal to voters.
    • Other candidates appeal to voters through shared religious affiliations.
  • Policy Preferences

    • In "issue voting," voters cast their vote based primarily on specific political issues .
    • A voter does not need to have an in-depth understanding of every issue or know how a candidate stands on every issue, rather a voter should have a sense of which candidate he or she agrees with the most.
    • Voters use many different tactics to rationalize their view on a particular issue.
    • Voters must often settle for the candidate whose stances are closest to their own.
    • Some voters cast their ballots according to specific policy issues, for example, education reform.
  • Low Voter Turnout

    • Voter turnout varies considerably between countries.
    • Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election.
    • There are difficulties in measuring both the numerator, the number of voters who cast votes, and the denominator, the number of voters eligible to vote.
    • Not all voters who arrive at the polls necessarily cast ballots.
    • Voter turnout varies considerably between countries.
  • Latinos

    • On average, Latino citizens continue to vote at significantly lower rates than non-Latino white voters.
    • Latino voters are a diverse group which include long-established Tejano and Californio, Puerto Rican and Chicano voters, as well as the Cuban-American community which makes up a large bloc of voters in Miami.
    • While Latino voters should not be thought of as a homogenous group, there are still some general trends for the group.
    • On average Latino citizens continue to vote at significantly lower rates that non-Latino white voters.
    • They are also encouraging the political participation of Latino residents through voter registration drives, and partnerships with other organizations, such as unions, that have traditionally been involved in voter mobilization.
  • Types of Ballots

    • Each voter uses one ballot, and ballots are not shared.
    • The voter casts his or her ballot in a box at a polling station.
    • Ranked ballots allow voters to rank candidates in order of preference, while ballots for first-past-the-post systems only allow voters to select one candidate for each position.
    • The key aim is to ensure that the voter records a sincere choice by forestalling attempts to influence the voter by intimidation or bribery.
    • Before the secret ballot was introduced, voter intimidation was commonplace.
  • Attempts to Improve Voter Turnout

    • Institutional factors have a significant impact on voter turnout.
    • Compulsory voting ensures a large voter turnout.
    • Any compulsion affects the freedom of an individual, and the fining of recalcitrant non-voters is an additional impact on a potential recalcitrant voter.
    • In the United States and most Latin American nations, voters must go through separate voter registration procedures before they are allowed to vote.
    • lowering the average time voters have to spend waiting in lines
  • Voter Turnout

    • The significance of voter turnout, the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election, has been debated by scholars.
    • Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election.
    • After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s.
    • Certain factors are leading to the decrease in the number of voters such as disenchantment, indifference, or contentment.
    • Graph of Voter turnout in the United States presidential elections from 1824 to 2008.
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