ABSTRACT
In the comparative literature, aggregate-level explanations for voter turnout are often economics-based, with a common variable being the level of economic development of countries. The socioeconomic approach has focused, for more than fifty years, on the relationship between the social and economic situation of the individual and his or her participation in elections. For the nineteenth Knesset elections, polling stations were set up in 1,184 localities in Israel. In Israel there are many differences, and not just geographical, between the periphery and the center of the country. In one possibility, from the time of the announcement of the election until a week before the closing of the registration list, the Central Elections Committee would receive applications. In the long run, such a strategy could contribute to a gradual increase in participation rates in general elections, especially among residents of the periphery.
