Unintentional Voter Mobilization: Does Participation in Preelection Surveys Increase Voter Turnout?

Christopher B. Mann
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Christopher B. Mann: Yale University, Yale’s Institution for Social and Policy Studies

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2005, vol. 601, issue 1, 155-168

Abstract: Survey researchers have long been concerned with the question of whether participation in preelection surveys increases voter turnout. This article presents findings from three large-scale field experiments conducted during the 2002 general election in Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania. Unlike early studies, which found that participation in preelection surveys increased voter turnout, this study finds no significant effect. The author argues that the rigorous experimental methodology and large sample size in these three experiments should allay concern that survey participation affects turnout.

Keywords: preelection surveys; voter turnout; experiments (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1177/0002716205278151

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