NDLI: Voter Turnout, Felon Disenfranchisement and Partisan Outcomes in Presidential Elections, 1988

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Burmila, Edward M.
Copyright Year	2017
Abstract	States vary in their treatment of the voting rights of convicted felons through incarceration, probation, parole, and beyond. A few states permit even incarcerated felons to vote, while others rescind the right permanently, with most states’ policies located between those extremes. This paper analyzes the relationship among voter turnout, election outcomes, and levels of felon disenfranchisement by state. The results show a pattern of divergence around the 2000 election before which turnout, disenfranchisement, crime rates, and Republican or Democratic success in elections were unrelated and since which strong correlations are found. Disenfranchisement rates no longer bear a significant relationship to crime rates, and states won by Republicans have both lower overall turnout and higher levels of ineligible felons in the voting-age population. Partisan control of state legislatures does not predict these patterns, but there is a strong regional component to the data with disenfranchisement notably higher in Southern states regardless of partisan control. Overall the data support a need for further research on the disparate treatment of felon voting rights among states which may be contributing to broader trends emerging in political science research of a growing relationship between lower voter turnout and Republican electoral success.
Starting Page	72
Ending Page	88
Page Count	17
File Format	PDF
ISSN	08857466
Journal	Social Justice Research
Volume Number	30
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15736725
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2017-02-07
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Voter turnout Felon disenfranchisement Elections Inequality Personality and Social Psychology Sociology Political Science Anthropology Philosophy Social Policy
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Sociology and Political Science Law Anthropology

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