Charles Press Research Articles

Voting Turnout in American Cities

Writing about local elections in 1968, Charles R. Adrian and Charles Press report that, “It is not known whether … state and national voting-population characteristics fit municipal voting, too.” Although a number of important studies of politics and elections in individual communities have emerged in recent years, the data are far from sufficient to permit more than the most speculative generalizations about the nature of the local electorate. This study draws back the curtain, albeit only a bit, on one aspect of local political participation—voting turnout. The data presented constitute, so far as we know, the first attempt at a comprehensive comparison among American cities with respect to turnout. As will be suggested and become obvious, the breadth of the data is not matched by their depth; data were received from only 80 percent of the 729 cities above 25,000 population in 1962, and we were able to utilize comparative turnout figures from only 282 of these. While relationships are suggested between turnout, political and governmental structure, and characteristics of the population, these relationships must be regarded more as leads to future research, than as clear and unambiguous findings.Previous work by the present authors has pointed to the importance of the political and social variables included in this analysis of American cities. Lee suggested in a study of nonpartisan elections and politics in California cities that nonpartisanship might tend to reduce voter participation. In a study of American cities, this hypothesis was confirmed in a preliminary analysis of the same data used in this article.

Political Parties and Politics. The American Political Process. By Charles R. Adrian and Charles Press. McGraw-Hill, 330 West 42nd Street, New York, 1965. xi, 756 pp $7.95

National Civic ReviewVolume 55, Issue 3 p. 176-177 Books in Review Political Parties and Politics. The American Political Process. By Charles R. Adrian and Charles Press. McGraw-Hill, 330 West 42nd Street, New York, 1965. xi, 756 pp $7.95 First published: March 1966 https://doi.org/10.1002/ncr.4100550316AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume55, Issue3March 1966Pages 176-177 RelatedInformation

Reapportionment. Measuring Malapportionment. By Glendon Schubert and Charles Press. American Political Science Review, American Political Science Association, 1726 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, June 1964. 26 pp. Charts, tables. $3.75 per issue

National Civic ReviewVolume 53, Issue 8 p. 463-463 Books in Review Reapportionment. Measuring Malapportionment. By Glendon Schubert and Charles Press. American Political Science Review, American Political Science Association, 1726 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, June 1964. 26 pp. Charts, tables. $3.75 per issue First published: September 1964 https://doi.org/10.1002/ncr.4100530816AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume53, Issue8September 1964Pages 463-463 RelatedInformation

Main street politics-policy-making at tiie local level. A Survey of the Periodical Literature Since 1950. By Charles Press. Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1962. xii, 147 pp. $2.00

Main street politics-policy-making at tiie local level. A Survey of the Periodical Literature Since 1950. By Charles Press. Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1962. xii, 147 pp. $2.00

The Polity, Norton E. Long, Edited by Charles Press. (Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1962. Pp. xiv, 247, $5.50.)

The Polity, Norton E. Long, Edited by Charles Press. (Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1962. Pp. xiv, 247, $5.50.)