concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: electoral turnout

decision making in democracies
type: Concept
narrower: electoral turnout

electoral turnout
type: Concept
broader: decision making in democracies
definition: Electoral turnout is called an “aggregate-level” concept because it only makes sense to talk of turnout when talking of aggregates of individuals. Yet because turnout derives from cumulating individual-level decisions, one must start with an understanding of why people vote—something about which there is little agreement in the scholarly literature. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Political Science; Electoral Turnout]