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The Conventional Wisdom About Nonvoters |
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Disgrace in the Eyes of Other Countries |
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7 | (2) |
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Changing Symbolism of Voting |
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Profiling America's Nonvoters---Their Voices |
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Reflecting the Stereotype |
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Detachment and Cynicism Belie Good Voting Intentions |
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Avoiding Political Parties |
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The Issues: God, Motherhood, and the Economy |
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23 | (2) |
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Often Involved and Informed, But Not Necessarily in Politics |
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25 | (2) |
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27 | (3) |
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30 | (3) |
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33 | (2) |
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35 | (3) |
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38 | (2) |
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40 | (3) |
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Advocate Against Lazy Voting |
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45 | (5) |
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50 | (6) |
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56 | (6) |
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Dedicated to the Hospitality Industry |
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62 | (6) |
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Put It Off and Missed His First Election |
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68 | (5) |
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A Member of the Silent Majority, Content to Follow |
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73 | (5) |
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The Pursuit of Ordinary Happiness |
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78 | (5) |
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83 | (6) |
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Missing in Action Since Kennedy |
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91 | (5) |
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A Hard-Scrabble Life Focused on Raising Her Kids and Getting By |
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96 | (5) |
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Runaway Mother Who's Seen All She's Gonna See |
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101 | (5) |
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106 | (5) |
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Baited, Switched, and Out |
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111 | (4) |
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She Counts on Herself and Her Neighbors, Not Washington |
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115 | (6) |
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121 | (5) |
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Politics Are Outside Her World |
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126 | (4) |
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``The Word'' Is Not Politics |
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130 | (5) |
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On Election Day, He's Voting---For No One |
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137 | (6) |
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He Wants to Get Away From the Lies and Incivility |
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143 | (6) |
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149 | (3) |
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A New Yorker at Heart, She Won't Vote in New Jersey |
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152 | (5) |
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157 | (22) |
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Cracks in Her Fairy-Tale World |
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159 | (4) |
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Family Matters, Politics Don't |
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163 | (1) |
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163 | (11) |
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Right There in Spirit if Politicians Touched Social Security |
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174 | (5) |
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179 | (12) |
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Doesn't Count and Doesn't Care |
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180 | (4) |
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Registration Is Only Ninth Tenths of the Vote |
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184 | (7) |
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191 | (14) |
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He Knows a Vote Counts---And Wishes He Had One |
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193 | (4) |
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She May Become a U.S. Citizen, But She Still May Never Vote |
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197 | (3) |
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U.S. Marshal Turned Felon Turning Back |
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200 | (5) |
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Conclusion: American Democracy Into the 21st Century |
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| Appendix A |
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| Appendix B |
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| References |
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| Other Sources |
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238 | (3) |
| Index |
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241 | (5) |
| About the Authors |
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