Open AccessHealth, Wealth, and Voting Trajectories in Later Life
Author(s) -
Michal Engelman,
Won-tak Joo,
Jason M. Fletcher,
Barry C. Burden
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology. series b, psychological sciences and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1758-5368
pISSN - 1079-5014
DOI - 10.1093/geronb/gbab191
Subject(s) - voting , turnout , health and retirement study , multinomial logistic regression , demographic economics , life course approach , psychology , political science , gerontology , social psychology , politics , economics , medicine , computer science , law , machine learning
Much of what we know about voting behaviors is based on cross-sectional comparisons of voters at different ages. This study draws on a unique linkage between the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study and state voter files to characterize voting trajectories in later life and explore their determinants.