Convenience Voting Can Affect Election Outcomes
Convenience Voting Can Affect Election Outcomes
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便利投票会影响选举结果
DOI:
10.1089/elj.2010.0088
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发表时间:
2011
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通讯作者:
Neil Malhotra
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M. Meredith;Neil Malhotra
Abstract Forms of convenience voting, including voting-by-mail (VBM), provide citizens the opportunity to cast ballots without being exposed to the information revealed in the final weeks leading up to Election Day. This creates the possibility that informational differences will cause VBM and polling place voters to vote differently. We test this hypothesis by looking at whether the increased use of VBM at the precinct-level relates to candidates' vote shares in the 2008 California presidential primary. An election administration policy in California, in which all voters are assigned to VBM based on an arbitrary threshold of the number of registered voters, is exploited to overcome the identification problem caused by the self-selection of voters into VBM. We show that the use of VBM affects the relative performance of candidates remaining in the race and increases the probability of selecting withdrawn candidates. Our findings have implications both for election administration policy and for the study o...
DOI:
10.2307/2149903
发表时间:
1981-01
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作者:
M. Fiorina
通讯作者:
M. Fiorina
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发表时间:
2023
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作者:
Taisuke Takayama;Hirotaka Matsuda;Tomoaki Nakatani;Kuniaki Saito;野上 建紀;佐野真由子;グエン・ティ・ラン・アィン;野上 建紀;冨善一敏;稲田奈津子;佐野真由子;三田辰彦;長谷川達朗;Tatsuo Sasaki and Hanae Sasaki;佐野真由子;長谷川達朗;三田辰彦;渡辺芳郎;三田辰彦;有賀暢迪
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