Why are Older People More Likely to Vote? The Impact of Ageing on Electoral Turnout in Europe
Why are Older People More Likely to Vote? The Impact of Ageing on Electoral Turnout in Europe
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为什么老年人更有可能投票？
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2007
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Achim Goerres
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作者：
Achim Goerres
本文分析了欧洲老年人投票参与率较高的原因。在他们的一生中，公民往往习惯于投票，并遵守越来越主观的投票规范。此外，老年人的平均投票参与率受到以下因素的影响：居住时间较长、缺乏动员性伴侣、身体健康状况较差和受教育程度较低，尽管生活经验取代了一生中正规教育的功能。其中大多数因素是建立在人类行为的本质和我们生命历程的社会背景之上的。因此，他们可以说是站在政治进程之外，并将在未来保持稳定。
This article analyses the reasons for higher voting participation among older people in Europe. Over their lifetimes, citizens tend to habituate voting and comply with a growing subjective norm of voting. Furthermore, the average voting participation of older people is influenced by their longer duration of residence, the lack of a mobilising partner, worse physical health and less education, although life experience replaces the function of formal education over a lifetime. Most of these factors are founded on the very nature of human behaviour and the social context of our life course. Thus, they arguably stand outside of the political process and will remain stable into the future.