Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 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
- Bibliography
- Index
5 - Ballot Architecture in the Contemporary Partisan Era
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 November 2020
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 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
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter provides detailed case studies of recent ballot reform efforts in Michigan and North Carolina.These states have detailed data on the level of straight ticket voting by county. These data are used to demonstrate how county characteristics such as race, ethnicity, and poverty interact with straight ticket voting and ballot rolloff.We find a strong connection between straight-ticket voting, minority populations, and ballot rolloff.This chapter concludes with analysis of recent changes in Iowa and West Virginia.The findings for Iowa suggest that the effects of ballot design changes are muted in areas that have lower proportions of non-white residents and that are less densely populated.
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- The Politics of Ballot DesignHow States Shape American Democracy, pp. 92 - 129Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020