Social Pressure and Voter Turnout

GERBER, G., & LARIMER. (2008). Social Pressure and Voter Turnout: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment. American Political Science Review.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

2008

DOI

10.1017/s000305540808009x

Link

https://doi.org/10.1017/s000305540808009x

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Domain-specific

• Paradox of Voting (Downs Paradox)
  • Gerber, Green, and Larimer (2008) tested the social-sanction term directly with a large field experiment in a Michigan primary

    This sourceGerber, Green and Larimer's Michigan field experiment, which mailed roughly 180,000 households escalating social-pressure treatments and found the Neighbors mailing - publicising the household's and its neighbours' turnout records - raised turnout by 8.1 percentage points.

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