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Elections: Turnout in the 2004 Presidential Election
Author(s) -
WATTENBERG MARTIN P.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
presidential studies quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.337
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1741-5705
pISSN - 0360-4918
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-5705.2004.00239.x
Subject(s) - turnout , political science , voter turnout , presidential system , fell , demographic economics , presidential election , public administration , voting , political economy , geography , law , economics , politics , cartography
Throughout the United States in 2004 turnout rates were up substantially. Contributing to this positive development were increased interest in the campaign and improvements in vote recording systems. Yet, reports of record turnout need to be tempered. The percentage of citizens who went to the polls fell quite short of the levels found in 1960 in most non‐southern states. Barring further extraordinary events such as those experienced during George W. Bush's first term, it is likely that the turnout increase of 2004 will prove to be a blip rather than the start of an upward trend.