The Three-Legged Stool of Voter Engagement
Disparities in voter turnout have increased significantly over the past four decades. Members of historically oppressed groups, those who are low-income, and or who have lower levels of education vote at significantly lower rates than white, wealthy and or more educated community members. These disp...
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| author | Adelaide K. Sandler Mary E. Hylton Jason Ostrander Tanya R. Smith |
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| description | Disparities in voter turnout have increased significantly over the past four decades. Members of historically oppressed groups, those who are low-income, and or who have lower levels of education vote at significantly lower rates than white, wealthy and or more educated community members. These disparities correlate directly to political power and the eventual allocation of resources by elected officials. Therefore, eliminating these disparities through targeted voter engagement with client groups is particularly important for the profession of social work. This article describes the conceptualization of voter engagement as a three-legged stool, consisting of voter registration, regular voting, and basing voting decisions on self-interest.Without attention to all three legs, the potential for generating political power collapses, resulting in minimal influence on elected officials. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-373f4ad0749d4da2956cd418c401db922022-12-22T02:45:11ZengUniversity of WindsorCritical Social Work1543-93722020-10-0121210.22329/csw.v21i2.6463The Three-Legged Stool of Voter EngagementAdelaide K. Sandler0Mary E. Hylton1Jason Ostrander2Tanya R. Smith3Marist UniversitySalisbury UniversitySacred Heart UniversityUniversity of ConnecticutDisparities in voter turnout have increased significantly over the past four decades. Members of historically oppressed groups, those who are low-income, and or who have lower levels of education vote at significantly lower rates than white, wealthy and or more educated community members. These disparities correlate directly to political power and the eventual allocation of resources by elected officials. Therefore, eliminating these disparities through targeted voter engagement with client groups is particularly important for the profession of social work. This article describes the conceptualization of voter engagement as a three-legged stool, consisting of voter registration, regular voting, and basing voting decisions on self-interest.Without attention to all three legs, the potential for generating political power collapses, resulting in minimal influence on elected officials.https://ojs.uwindsor.ca/index.php/csw/article/view/6463votingvoter engagementpolitical powervoting disparities |
| spellingShingle | Adelaide K. Sandler Mary E. Hylton Jason Ostrander Tanya R. Smith The Three-Legged Stool of Voter Engagement Critical Social Work voting voter engagement political power voting disparities |
| title | The Three-Legged Stool of Voter Engagement |
| title_full | The Three-Legged Stool of Voter Engagement |
| title_fullStr | The Three-Legged Stool of Voter Engagement |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Three-Legged Stool of Voter Engagement |
| title_short | The Three-Legged Stool of Voter Engagement |
| title_sort | three legged stool of voter engagement |
| topic | voting voter engagement political power voting disparities |
| url | https://ojs.uwindsor.ca/index.php/csw/article/view/6463 |
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