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Low turnout is one of the characteristics of U.S. Elections. Scholars worry about the low rates because of not only normative perspective but also disproportional turnout according to some conditions such as social economic status. That is, lower class voters with low voting rates are more likely to...

Low turnout is one of the characteristics of U.S. Elections. Scholars worry about the low rates because of not only normative perspective but also disproportional turnout according to some conditions such as social economic status. That is, lower class voters with low voting rates are more likely to support the Democratic party. Therefore, heavy turnout is expected to contribute the Democratic party because high turnout rates will bring relatively more higher rates in lower class voters than upper class ones. This paper points out that which political party takes advantage depends not upon increasing turnout rates itself but upon reasons of the higher rates. This paper provides 3 questions and tries to find answers. First, it raises the question whether there is difference in political preference between voters and absentees. Second question is whether increasing turnout rates help the Democratic party win in presidential elections. The last question supposes the electoral results with perfect voting which means every voter participates. Empirical analyses show that even though low turnout rates may weaken legitimacy of democracy, stability of electoral results is not threatened by low voting participation.

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