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Erschienen in: Political Behavior 3/2010

01.09.2010 | Original Paper

The Enduring Effects of Social Pressure: Tracking Campaign Experiments Over a Series of Elections

verfasst von: Tiffany C. Davenport, Alan S. Gerber, Donald P. Green, Christopher W. Larimer, Christopher B. Mann, Costas Panagopoulos

Erschienen in: Political Behavior | Ausgabe 3/2010

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Abstract

Recent field experiments have demonstrated the powerful effect of social pressure messages on voter turnout. This research note considers the question of whether these interventions’ effects persist over a series of subsequent elections. Tracking more than one million voters from six experimental studies, we find strong and statistically significant enduring effects one and sometimes two years after the initial communication.

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Metadaten
Titel
The Enduring Effects of Social Pressure: Tracking Campaign Experiments Over a Series of Elections
verfasst von
Tiffany C. Davenport
Alan S. Gerber
Donald P. Green
Christopher W. Larimer
Christopher B. Mann
Costas Panagopoulos
Publikationsdatum
01.09.2010
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Political Behavior / Ausgabe 3/2010
Print ISSN: 0190-9320
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-6687
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-010-9122-0

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