0 to release someone from one of the armed forces, especially at the end of a war:
He was demobilized in March 1946.
1 to remove a soldier or soldiers from military service
The unemployed workers' movement was largely demobilized in 1935.
Additionally, we take into account a fourth possible effect, namely that the electoral campaign can demobilize voters who initially had a particular voting intention.
To illustrate our approach, we examine the recent controversy over whether attack advertising demobilizes the electorate.
This approach suggests that campaign negativism stimulated (rather than demobilized) turnout in presidential elections from 1980 through 2000.
There were no social mechanisms for disarming, demobilizing, and reintegrating combatants back into civil society.
By contrast, support for election losers and paying attention to campaign media when coverage is negative will tend to demobilize system support.
But if the results tend to cluster above or below 0, our results will provide evidence about whether attack advertising stimulates or demobilizes turnout.
Finally, the campaign may also demobilize citizens or fail to activate them.
