Do Phone Calls Increase Voter Turnout? A Field Experiment
Public Opinion Quarterly, Vol. 65, pp. 75-85, 2001
Posted: 18 Dec 2008
Date Written: December 16, 2008
Abstract
The experiment reported here finds that a phone call before the election did not increase turnout rates. Reasons why these findings might differ from previous studies are discussed.
Keywords: GOTV, field experiment, randomization, voter turnout, voter mobilization, phone calls
JEL Classification: C93
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Gerber, Alan and Green, Donald P., Do Phone Calls Increase Voter Turnout? A Field Experiment (December 16, 2008). Public Opinion Quarterly, Vol. 65, pp. 75-85, 2001, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1316934
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