Psychologists, political scientists, and experts in election lawpresent a multidisciplinary perspective on voting.
* Personality characteristics such as motivation, values, andefficacy are considered, as are demographic variables such aseducation, age, and social class
* Examines the reciprocal relationship that exists in thefunctions of voting for individual and society: the interplaybetween persons and institutions gives rise to the perception thata government is or is not legitimate, and to the sense that anindividual does, or does not, belong