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When Does Increasing Mobilization Effort Increase Turnout? Evidence from a Field Experiment on Reminder Calls.
- Source :
- American Politics Research; Nov2020, Vol. 48 Issue 6, p763-778, 16p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- When does increasing mobilization effort increase turnout? Recent experiments find second calls containing a reminder to vote increase turnout beyond an initial contact. We argue existing studies cannot explain why reminder calls are effective because they test bundled treatments including a late mobilization attempt, a late mobilization attempt given earlier contact, and potentially activating reciprocity established in earlier contact. We report results from a two-round voter mobilization field experiment that allows us to isolate these different mechanisms. We find that reminder calls increase turnout by 1.2% points among subjects contacted in an earlier attempt, but that enhancing reciprocity by providing a reminder call offer during an early call does not increase turnout beyond a second call. Additionally, we fail to find heterogeneous effects of reminder calls by stated preference for a reminder or by stated vote intention, suggesting certain mechanisms do not explain the effects of reminder calls. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MASS mobilization
VOTER turnout
VOTING
UNITED States elections
POLITICAL campaigns
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1532673X
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- American Politics Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 145159445
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1532673X20935786