Article Title
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1966
Keywords
Voting--Abstention
Abstract
The view that non-voting is bad is contrasted with the view that non-voting can be functional for a political system. Works by Schattschneider and Berelson et al. are examined. Limitations in their arguments are pointed out, particularly the farmer's assertion that non-voters are being manipulated and the letters' emphasis on the short-run aspects of the system. The arguments are related to traditional conceptions of democracy.
First Page
122
Last Page
128
Recommended Citation
Wasby, S. L.
(1966).
Two Views of Non-Voting: A Critique.
Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science, Vol. 33 No.2, 122-128.
Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/jmas/vol33/iss2/9
Primo Type
Article