01272nam a2200145   4500008004100000100002500041245010500066260000900171300001700180520084200197650002201039650001601061650002401077773002501101190520b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aMcGregor, R. Michael  aVoters who abstain: explaining abstention and ballot roll-off in the 2014 Toronto municipal election  c2018  ap.1081-1106.  aThis article explores the correlates of ballot roll-off in the 2014 Toronto municipal election. While turnout in the mayoral contest was comparatively high, roughly 4.3% of voters abstained from council races. Using data from the Toronto Election Study, a large-N survey of electors conducted around the time of the 2014 Toronto Election, this study identifies a series of factors related to roll-off from mayoral to council elections. These variables include a number of sociodemographic characteristics and attitudinal factors commonly associated with turnout, measures of attachment to the city, and a series of election-specific factors. Results reveal that many factors commonly associated with abstention similarly drive roll-off, but that the experiences of individual voters also have an impact upon roll-off rates. - Reproduced.  aLocal government   aAbsenteeism  aMunicipal elections  aUrban Affairs Review