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Bernstein, Robert. "OPENING THE SYSTEM AND MORE DIRECT DEMOCRACY IN THE DEEP SOUTH" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Aug 28, 2002 <Not Available>. 2009-05-27 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p66243_index.html>

Bernstein, R. A. , 2002-08-28 "OPENING THE SYSTEM AND MORE DIRECT DEMOCRACY IN THE DEEP SOUTH" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-27 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p66243_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: This study analyzes variation in support among Alabamians for five proposals: allowing voting by mail, allowing early voting, allowing Internet voting, changing to direct election of the president and allowing initiative and referendum. Support for more convenient and open voting appears to be the common factor underlying support for the first three proposals; support for more direct democracy, for giving citizens a more direct say in their own governance seems to underlie support for the latter two proposals. Regression analysis shows different a somewhat different pattern of support for each of the factors. Age has by far the greatest impact on support for more open voting: the older the person, the stronger the opposition tends to be to opening up voting. Age is also negatively related to support for more direct democracy, but far more weakly. Race, sex, and education are more important determinants of support for more direct democracy than of support for more open voting. African Americans are much more supportive of direct democracy than are non-African Americans. The same is true, but to a lesser extent of support for more open voting. On every specific proposal, whether for more open voting or for more direct democracy, African Americans show greater support than do others. Women are more supportive than men of giving people a more direct say in their governance, but there is little difference between men and women in support for more open voting. The more educated tend to oppose more direct democracy, but education is of little importance in determining support for more open voting.

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