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DETERMINANTS OF VOTER TURNOUT IN ILLINOIS SCHOOL REFERENDA
Author(s) -
Lentz Corliss
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
southeastern political review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1747-1346
pISSN - 0730-2177
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-1346.1998.tb00484.x
Subject(s) - voter turnout , turnout , political science , general election , public administration , demographic economics , voting , economics , law , politics
Conventional wisdom suggests that school administrators believe the high turnout of general elections impairs referenda passage. More referenda, then, are often planned for primary and municipal elections than general elections. This paper analyzes 840 Illinois school referenda conducted from 1981‐89 to determine if predictors of voter turnout vary by these election types This analysis reveals the misconception of conventional wisdom, finding that the determinants of voter turnout are similar across election types and there is little difference in referenda passage rates between election types.