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The politics of ballot design : how states shape American democracy /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge University Press, 2020Description: xi, 151 pages : 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781108822633
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JK2214 ENG
Contents:
1. Introduction 2. How the Ballot "Nudges" Voters 3. Ballot Architecture in the Progressive Era 4. The Personal Vote Era, 1940-2000 5. Ballot Architecture in the Contemporary Partisan Era 6. Reconsidering the American Ballot
Summary: US federalism grants state legislators the authority to design many aspects of election administration, including ballot features that mediate how citizens understand and engage with the choices available to them when casting their votes. Seemingly innocuous features in the physical design of ballots, such as the option to cast a straight ticket with a single checkmark, can have significant aggregate effects. Drawing on theoretical insights from behavioral economics and extensive data on state ballot laws from 1888 to the present, as well as in-depth case studies, this book shows how strategic politicians use ballot design to influence voting and elections, drawing comparisons across different periods in American history with varying levels of partisanship and contention. Engstrom and Roberts demonstrate the sweeping impact of ballot design on voting, elections, and democratic representation
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Book Book Main Library Open Shelf JK2214 ENG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 160242 Available BK147975

Includes index

1. Introduction
2. How the Ballot "Nudges" Voters
3. Ballot Architecture in the Progressive Era
4. The Personal Vote Era, 1940-2000
5. Ballot Architecture in the Contemporary Partisan Era
6. Reconsidering the American Ballot

US federalism grants state legislators the authority to design many aspects of election administration, including ballot features that mediate how citizens understand and engage with the choices available to them when casting their votes. Seemingly innocuous features in the physical design of ballots, such as the option to cast a straight ticket with a single checkmark, can have significant aggregate effects. Drawing on theoretical insights from behavioral economics and extensive data on state ballot laws from 1888 to the present, as well as in-depth case studies, this book shows how strategic politicians use ballot design to influence voting and elections, drawing comparisons across different periods in American history with varying levels of partisanship and contention. Engstrom and Roberts demonstrate the sweeping impact of ballot design on voting, elections, and democratic representation

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