ortance of residential mobility on voter registration and voting behavior. It has been found that movers resemble
stayers on motivational factors related to voting and that this effect remains net of other socioeconomic and demographic factors. Therefore, it has been
concluded that the requirement that citizens must register anew after each
change in residence constitutes a key stumbling block in the path of a trip to the
polls (Glass, Squire, Wolfinger 1987).
Because voter turnout among different races is often hypothesized or theorized, problems with accuracy often arise in the studies. One particular problem
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