voting behavior
How citizens choose
Voting behavior refers to the patterns and choices people make when casting ballots in elections.
Political scientists study voting behavior to understand why citizens vote for particular candidates or parties, examining factors like party loyalty, economic conditions, candidate appeal, and demographic influences.
The term also covers whether people vote at all: Low turnout among young voters is a persistent feature of American voting behavior.
- attitudesSettled ways of feeling
- voting systemsProcedures for aggregating preferences
- turnout ratesProportion who showed up
- early votingBalloting before election day
- beliefsAccepted truths, personal
mail in ballots · party loyalty · demographics · peer pressure · moral reasoning · party platforms · cost-benefit analysis · game theory · civic engagement · cognitive biases · finger · socioeconomic status · ink · societal trends · election monitoring · religion · gerrymandering · ethnicity
voting behaviornonvoting
Without electoral say
political apathy · non-voting · voter suppression · disenfranchisement
voting behaviorcampaign strategy
Approach to winning elections
electioneering · voter outreach · political advertising · electoral manipulation · political messaging
voting behaviorpolitical violence
Force for political ends
insurrection · armed rebellion · political protest · civil disobedience · direct action