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Aging, Voting, and Political Interest
Abstract
Cross-sectional data on voter turnout and political interest from 28 American national surveys, and data from a cohort analysis of voter turnout, indicate a pronounced increase in political interest and participation from young adulthood to middle age. Voter turnout apparently remains almost constant from middle age to advanced maturity, and average political interest apparently increases. These findings are related both to theories of political participation and to Cumming's and Henry's notion of disengagement of the aged. Some pitfalls of the use of cross-sectional data to infer changes with aging are discussed.
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- Authors
- Glenn, N. D., & Grimes, M.
- Venue
- American Sociological Review
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1968-08
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 563
- ISSN
- 0003-1224 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2320322413
- Cited by
- 180
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- 0
- FWCI
- 22.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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