Voting Behavior and Education

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Analysis of studies on the relationship between level of education & voting behavior. Higher education and increase in voter participation. Other factors that impact voting behavior including party identification, socioeconomic class, religion, personal feelings about candidates. Discusses findings of a survey on educational level & presidential selection in 2000. Two tables.

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"Voting Behavior and Education
Introduction
Piven and Cloward (2000) have noted that education is an investment in human skills, one with both its costs and its returns. For example, the cost of finishing high school to the student is, according to the authors, very low because it consists mainly of the relatively low wages earned by a 16 to 19 year old. On the other hand, the cost to the student of attending college is higher and includes tuition, books, fees, and the earnings given up by not working and/or by working only part time.
However, the returns of a higher education can be strong and varied. One of these returns, Piven and Cloward (2000) state, is a greater interest and participation in civic affairs..."

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