Disability and voting |
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| Institution: | 1. Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University, 1-31 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043 Japan;2. Department of Political Science, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, 100 Eggers Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA;1. Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, 03760, Republic of Korea;2. School of Undergraduate Studies, DGIST, Daegu, 42988, Republic of Korea;3. Department of Mathematics, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea;4. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, California State University, Chico, CA 95929-0525, USA;1. Department of Political Science, University of Connecticut, USA;2. Center for American Politics and Citizenship, University of Maryland, USA;3. Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, USA;4. U. S. Vote Foundation, Alexandria, VA, USA;1. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States;2. Dallas Fire-Rescue Department, Dallas, TX, United States;3. Parkland BioTel Emergency Medical Services System, Dallas, TX, United States |
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| Abstract: | BackgroundFor millions of people with disabilities in the United States, exercising the fundamental right to vote remains a challenge. Over the last few decades, the U.S. government has enacted several pieces of legislation to make voting accessible to individuals with disabilities.ObjectiveWe examine trends in self-reported voting rates among people with and without disabilities to uncover evidence for the effects of these policies on political participation. We also explore what policy change is necessary to encourage people with disabilities to vote by investigating whether the participation rates vary by the types of disabilities.MethodsWe analyze the Current Population Survey (CPS) data in the years of presidential elections for the period of 1980–2008.ResultsOur analysis shows that the population aged 18–64 with work-preventing disabilities has been persistently less likely to vote compared to the corresponding population without such disabilities. In addition, individuals with cognitive and mobility impairments have the lowest rates of electoral participation. The gap in the likelihood of voting in-person between people with and without disabilities is considerably larger than the gap in the likelihood of voting by-mail, regardless of the types of impairments that they have.ConclusionsThe participation gap between people with and without disabilities did not decrease over the last three decades despite the presence of federal laws that aimed at removing barriers for voting. |
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| Keywords: | Disability Voter turnout Participation gap |
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