@article{2014:althoff:nichtwahl_,
title = {Nichtwahl aus Unzufriedenheit: eine Option auch für Hochgebildete?},
year = {2014},
note = {Turnout rates in federal elections have fallen and reached their
lowest point in 2009 with a rate of 70 .8 percent.  Existing research
identifies political discontent of the poorly educated social class as
the main driving force of nonvoting. Previous nonvoting research has
not recognized the relationship between education, discontent and
voter turnout in its full complexity. The analyzed survey data on the
federal election in 2009 show that negatively regarded government
performance increases the likelihood of nonvoting especially among the
higher educated voting population.  Thus, disgruntled  nonvoters  are 
a far more general problem than previously thought.  [ZParl, vol.  45,
no.  4, pp.  825 - 837]},
journal = {ZParl Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen},
pages = {825--837},
author = {Althoff, Martin},
volume = {45},
number = {4}
}