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Ten to twenty years ago one could view declining turnout as a fascinating intellectual puzzle (Brody 1978; Miller 1992b): despite an array of factors that should have stimulated turnout - a dramatic increase in education levels, the effective enfranchisement of southern blacks and ensuing increase in competition throughout the South, the entrance of large numbers of women into the workplace, and the loosening of registration laws - the number of voters going to the polls had declined significantly from its high point in 1960 (Table 2-1).
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