Get Out the Vote interventions increase inequality in voter turnout

Enos, Ryan D. and Fowler, Anthony (2014) Get Out the Vote interventions increase inequality in voter turnout. LSE American Politics and Policy (27 Mar 2014). Website.

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Get Out the Vote campaigns have become a fixture of campaign season, especially during recent elections, which saw unprecedented organization by both sides to rally potential voters. But are these drives an effective way to close the turnout gap between groups who are already inclined to be involved in politics and those with a lower predilection to vote? Ryan D. Enos and Anthony Fowler examine the effects of Get Out the Vote interventions and find that high propensity voters are more responsive to such initiatives. Rather than closing the turnout gap, they show that such campaigns actually widen this discrepancy.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/
Additional Information:	© 2014 The Authors
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
Date Deposited:	08 Aug 2014 10:33
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2024 19:03
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/58781

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