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Donald P. Green - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the effects of election day festivals and early voting center festivals on Voter Turnout a field experiment conducted during the 2018 midterm election
2020Co-Authors: Donald P. Green, Oliver A McclellanAbstract:During the final weeks of the 2018 general election, #VoteTogether coordinated a series of non-partisan election festivals designed to encourage Voter Turnout in targeted precincts across the country. Building on prior experiments that assessed the effects of Election Day festivals on Voter Turnout in municipal, state, and presidential elections, the current study evaluates this get-out-the-vote tactic in the context of federal midterm elections. A total of 57 pairs of precincts were randomly assigned to treatment or control; in treatment locations, local groups received small grants to coordinate pre-event publicity and hold outdoor festivals near polling locations on Election Day. A separate experiment evaluated the effectiveness of festivals held at early voting centers; here, random assignment determined which of seven pairs of locations received a festival. Festivals held on Election Day appear to have had no positive effect on Turnout in 2018. Insufficient pre-event publicity may have undercut the effectiveness of this tactic. On the other hand, festivals held in early voting centers were highly effective, raising Turnout by 3.5 percentage points.
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Spanish-language radio advertisements and Latino Voter Turnout in the 2006 congressional elections: Field experiment evidence. Political Research Quarterly
2020Co-Authors: Costas Panagopoulos, Donald P. GreenAbstract:Abstract Because Hispanic Voters are seldom targeted for campaign communication and because they listen to radio at higher rates than non-Hispanics, Spanish-language radio represents an attractive venue for testing whether nonpartisan mass media messages can mobilize Voters. We conducted a large-scale, national field experiment testing the impact of nonpartisan Spanish-language radio advertisements on Latino Voter Turnout in the 2006 congressional elections. The experiment, encompassing 206 congressional districts, indicates that nonpartisan radio ads represent an effective and cost-efficient means of raising Latino Turnout in federal elections
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the effects of election festivals on Voter Turnout a field experiment conducted during a presidential election
Social Science Research Network, 2017Co-Authors: Donald P. Green, Oliver A McclellanAbstract:During the final days of the 2017 general election, Civic Nation coordinated a series of non-partisan election festivals designed to encourage Voter Turnout in targeted precincts across the country. Previous experimental research conducted in low-salience elections (Addonizio, Green and Glaser, 2007) and presidential elections (Green and McClellan, 2017) indicates that festivals held at polling sites significantly increase Voter Turnout. The present study revisits the effectiveness of festivals as an inducement to voting in low- and medium-salience elections. In 2017, 104 precincts were randomly assigned to treatment or control, making the current study larger than previous experiments. Festivals appear to have had a modest positive effect on Turnout in 2017; however, this effect was smaller than estimated in previous research. Heavy rains in 85% of the sites as well as limited community outreach prior to Election Day may explain the weaker treatment effects observed in 2017.
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putting the party back into politics an experiment testing whether election day festivals increase Voter Turnout
Social Science Research Network, 2009Co-Authors: Elizabeth M Addonizio, Donald P. Green, James M GlaserAbstract:This essay describes a series of pilot studies designed to shed light on the question of whether the festive, social environment surrounding old-fashioned elections be recreated in ways that increase Voter Turnout. During 2005 and 2006, we conducted randomized experiments in 14 geographic areas. Results suggest that social gatherings address the collective action problem often attributed to elections as well as represent a potentially valuable Voter mobilization tactic.
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social pressure and Voter Turnout evidence from a large scale field experiment
American Political Science Review, 2008Co-Authors: Alan S. Gerber, Donald P. Green, Christopher W. LarimerAbstract:Voter Turnout theories based on rational self-interested behavior generally fail to predict significant Turnout unless they account for the utility that citizens receive from performing their civic duty. We distinguish between two aspects of this type of utility, intrinsic satisfaction from behaving in accordance with a norm and extrinsic incentives to comply, and test the effects of priming intrinsic motives and applying varying degrees of extrinsic pressure. A large-scale field experiment involving several hundred thousand registered Voters used a series of mailings to gauge these effects. Substantially higher Turnout was observed among those who received mailings promising to publicize their Turnout to their household or their neighbors. These findings demonstrate the profound importance of social pressure as an inducement to political participation.
Alan S. Gerber - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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social pressure and Voter Turnout evidence from a large scale field experiment
American Political Science Review, 2008Co-Authors: Alan S. Gerber, Donald P. Green, Christopher W. LarimerAbstract:Voter Turnout theories based on rational self-interested behavior generally fail to predict significant Turnout unless they account for the utility that citizens receive from performing their civic duty. We distinguish between two aspects of this type of utility, intrinsic satisfaction from behaving in accordance with a norm and extrinsic incentives to comply, and test the effects of priming intrinsic motives and applying varying degrees of extrinsic pressure. A large-scale field experiment involving several hundred thousand registered Voters used a series of mailings to gauge these effects. Substantially higher Turnout was observed among those who received mailings promising to publicize their Turnout to their household or their neighbors. These findings demonstrate the profound importance of social pressure as an inducement to political participation.
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self prophecy effects and Voter Turnout an experimental replication
Political Psychology, 2003Co-Authors: Jennifer Smith, Alan S. Gerber, Anton OrlichAbstract:Psychological research has found that being asked to predict one's future actions can bring about subsequent behavior consistent with the prediction but different from what would have occurred had no prediction been made. In a 1987 study, Greenwald, Carnot, Beach, and Young induced an increase in voting behavior by means of such a "self-prophecy" effect: Undergraduates who were asked to predict whether they would vote in an upcoming election were substantially more likely to go to the polls than those who had not been asked for a prediction. This paper reports on a replication of the Greenwald study conducted among a larger group of respondents more representative of the American electorate. No evidence was found that self-prophecy effects increase Voter Turnout.
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The Effects of Canvassing, Telephone Calls, and Direct Mail on Voter Turnout: A Field Experiment
American Political Science Review, 2000Co-Authors: Alan S. Gerber, Donald P. GreenAbstract:We report the results of a randomized field experiment involving approximately 30,000 registered Voters in New Haven, Connecticut. Nonpartisan get-out-the-vote messages were conveyed through personal canvassing, direct mail, and telephone calls shortly before the November 1998 election. A variety of substantive messages were used. Voter Turnout was increased substantially by personal canvassing, slightly by direct mail, and not at all by telephone calls. These findings support our hypothesis that the long-term retrenchment in Voter Turnout is partly attributable to the decline in face-to-face political mobilization.
Ron Shachar - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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habit formation and political behaviour evidence of consuetude in Voter Turnout
Social Science Research Network, 2003Co-Authors: Donald P. Green, Ron ShacharAbstract:The extensive literature on Voter Turnout has devoted relatively little attention to the hypothesis that casting a ballot in one election increases one's propensity to go to the polls in the future. This hypothesis is supported by Voter Turnout patterns in the 1972-4-6 and 1992-4-6 American National Election Studies panel surveys as well as published experimental research. The effects of past Voter Turnout on current voting propensities are sizeable and robust across a wide range of model specifications, including those that take into account the possibility of stable unobserved factors affecting both past and current Turnout. We conclude by discussing the implications of consuetude for political and social behavior.
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habit formation and political behaviour evidence of consuetude in Voter Turnout
British Journal of Political Science, 2000Co-Authors: Donald P. Green, Ron ShacharAbstract:The hypothesis is examined that casting a ballot in one election increases the Voter's propensity to go to the polls in the future. Voter Turnout patterns in the 1972-76 and 1992-96 American National Election Panel Surveys, as well as published experimental research, indicate that the effects of past Voter Turnout on current voting propensities are sizeable. Moreover, these effects are robust across a wide range of model specifications, including those that take into account the possibility of unobserved factors affecting both past and current Turnout. We conclude by discussing the implications of consuetude for political and social behaviour.
Roland Zullo - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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how do religious groups respond to class and inequality religion socioeconomics and political behavior in the 2000 election
Labor Studies Journal, 2010Co-Authors: Roland ZulloAbstract:Using a county-level population analysis, the author examines whether the interaction between religious groups and class and inequality predict Voter Turnout and Voter preference for George W. Bush in the 2000 presidential election. Results indicate that for counties with high densities of mainline Protestants, lower income, and lower education meant depressed Voter Turnout and higher Bush support; with high densities of Jewish adherents, lower income yielded elevated Voter Turnout, while lower income along with less education equated with less Bush support; with high densities of Catholics, lower income meant higher Voter Turnout; with high densities of Evangelicals, lower income yielded depressed Voter Turnout; however, lower income and less education correlated with less Bush support. These patterns held for county income inequality when median income was controlled. The results challenge the perception that Evangelical groups in lower-SES regions persuaded members and their acquaintances to vote again...
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union membership and political inclusion
Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2008Co-Authors: Roland ZulloAbstract:Using county-level data, the author evaluates how labor affected the general population's political behavior during the 2000 U.S. presidential election. Voter Turnout increased with unionization, but at declining rates with higher levels of unionization. The unionization/Voter Turnout link was stronger in counties with lower median incomes, higher income inequality, and lower levels of education, suggesting that unions partially closed the political participation gap between low- and high-SES (socioeconomic status) populations. State right-to-work laws, and the absence of collective bargaining rights for public employees, reduced labor's ability to increase Voter Turnout. The union effect on candidate preference had a positive, curvilinear association with union membership, but this effect was stronger in high-SES regions than in low-SES regions. Overall, these results imply a paradox for organized labor: unions can effectively increase working-class Voter Turnout, but they have difficulty persuading the ...
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union membership and political inclusion
Social Science Research Network, 2008Co-Authors: Roland ZulloAbstract:Using county-level data, the author evaluates how labor affected the general pop¬ulation’s political behavior during the 2000 U.S. presidential election. Voter Turnout increased with unionization, but at declining rates with higher levels of unionization. The unionization/Voter Turnout link was stronger in counties with lower median incomes, higher income inequality, and lower levels of education, suggesting that unions partially closed the political participation gap between low- and high-SES (socioeconomic status) populations. State right-to-work laws, and the absence of collective bargaining rights for public employees, reduced labor’s ability to increase Voter Turnout. The union effect on candidate preference had a positive, curvilinear association with union membership, but this effect was stronger in high-SES regions than in low-SES regions. Overall, these results imply a paradox for organized labor: unions can effectively increase working-class Voter Turnout, but they have difficulty persuading the working class to vote for pro-labor political candidates.
Oliver A Mcclellan - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the effects of election day festivals and early voting center festivals on Voter Turnout a field experiment conducted during the 2018 midterm election
2020Co-Authors: Donald P. Green, Oliver A McclellanAbstract:During the final weeks of the 2018 general election, #VoteTogether coordinated a series of non-partisan election festivals designed to encourage Voter Turnout in targeted precincts across the country. Building on prior experiments that assessed the effects of Election Day festivals on Voter Turnout in municipal, state, and presidential elections, the current study evaluates this get-out-the-vote tactic in the context of federal midterm elections. A total of 57 pairs of precincts were randomly assigned to treatment or control; in treatment locations, local groups received small grants to coordinate pre-event publicity and hold outdoor festivals near polling locations on Election Day. A separate experiment evaluated the effectiveness of festivals held at early voting centers; here, random assignment determined which of seven pairs of locations received a festival. Festivals held on Election Day appear to have had no positive effect on Turnout in 2018. Insufficient pre-event publicity may have undercut the effectiveness of this tactic. On the other hand, festivals held in early voting centers were highly effective, raising Turnout by 3.5 percentage points.
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the effects of election festivals on Voter Turnout a field experiment conducted during a presidential election
Social Science Research Network, 2017Co-Authors: Donald P. Green, Oliver A McclellanAbstract:During the final days of the 2017 general election, Civic Nation coordinated a series of non-partisan election festivals designed to encourage Voter Turnout in targeted precincts across the country. Previous experimental research conducted in low-salience elections (Addonizio, Green and Glaser, 2007) and presidential elections (Green and McClellan, 2017) indicates that festivals held at polling sites significantly increase Voter Turnout. The present study revisits the effectiveness of festivals as an inducement to voting in low- and medium-salience elections. In 2017, 104 precincts were randomly assigned to treatment or control, making the current study larger than previous experiments. Festivals appear to have had a modest positive effect on Turnout in 2017; however, this effect was smaller than estimated in previous research. Heavy rains in 85% of the sites as well as limited community outreach prior to Election Day may explain the weaker treatment effects observed in 2017.
