Journal article
Ranked-Choice Voting as a Generational Issue in Modern American Politics
POLITICS & POLICY, v 49(1), pp 33-60
Feb 2021
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Abstract
Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) is a class of reforms increasingly used in the United States to replace plurality and runoff elections. We ask whether support for RCV taps a larger generational divide in politics. We consult five surveys, two of these from recent adoption campaigns, and all with different ways of asking about RCV support. Generation is a significant predictor in four of these samples, accounting for standard demographic factors and partisanship. This relationship also holds within black and Republican subgroups, two groups often thought to be less likely to support RCV. Finally, we find that dissatisfaction with the way that democracy works in America is a plausible link between generation and reform support. For better or worse, RCV has potential to divide two important voting blocs in America. Our results suggest that, rather than turn away from electoral politics, a disaffected young generation may turn to reform.
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- Title
- Ranked-Choice Voting as a Generational Issue in Modern American Politics
- Publication Details
- POLITICS & POLICY, v 49(1), pp 33-60
- Publisher
- WILEY; HOBOKEN
- Number of pages
- 27
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000604272800001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85099049786
- Other Identifier
- 991021860656104721
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