Getting Out the Vote in Local Elections: Results from Six Door-to-Door Canvassing Experiments

Authors: Green, Donald P.; Gerber, Alan S.; Nickerson, David W.

Source: The Journal of Politics, Volume 65, Number 4, November 2003 , pp. 1083-1096(14)

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

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Abstract:

Prior to the November 6, 2001 elections, randomized voter mobilization experiments were conducted in Bridgeport, Columbus, Detroit, Minneapolis, Raleigh, and St. Paul. Names appearing on official lists of registered voters were randomly assigned to treatment and control groups. A few days before Election Day, the treatment group received a face-to-face contact from a coalition of nonpartisan student and community organizations, encouraging them to vote. After the election, voter turnout records were used to compare turnout rates among people assigned to treatment and control groups. Consistent with the recent experimental results reported by Gerber and Green (2000b), the findings here indicate that face-to-face voter mobilization was effective in stimulating voter turnout across a wide spectrum of local elections.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1111/1468-2508.t01-1-00126

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