![[Congressman Alexander Pirnie reaching into a container of draft numbers (center) as others look on, including retiring Selective Service Director Lt. General Lewis Blaine Hershey (left) and Deputy Director Col. Daniel O. Omer (right) at the Selective Service Headquarters during the nationwide draft lottery] / MST.](https://blogsmediatest.lse.ac.uk/blogs.dir/58/files/2014/06/Draft-draw-featured.jpg)
GalleryEvidence from the Vietnam War era draft shows that when government policies impact negatively on people, they are more likely to vote.
When do government policies motivate people to vote? Tiffany Davenport uses the historical example of military draft policy in the United States to study the conditions under which public policies motivate political participation. Using the Vietnam War era draft policy as a case study, she finds that people who face potential loss as a result of government policies are […]
