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		<title>Motivating Voter Turnout by Invoking the Self</title>
		<link>http://abstractpolitics.com/2011/07/motivating-voter-turnout-by-invoking-the-self/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A.B.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I find voter mobilization experiments fascinating. That&#8217;s why I write about them a lot (e.g. here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here). But the study I just read may be the coolest one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Timing is Everything? Primacy and Recency Effects in Voter Mobilization Campaigns</title>
		<link>http://abstractpolitics.com/2011/07/timing-is-everything-primacy-and-recency-effects-in-voter-mobilization-campaigns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A.B.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://abstractpolitics.com/?p=436</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In recent years, political scientists have run a variety of field experiments to show exactly which methods of voter mobilization are most effective. However, those experiments have focused mostly on method, not on timing. In a recent article, Costas Panagopoulos used a randomized field experiment to test whether voter mobilization drives work better when they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Formal and Perceived Leadership Power in U.S. State Legislatures</title>
		<link>http://abstractpolitics.com/2011/07/formal-and-perceived-leadership-power-in-u-s-state-legislatures/</link>
		<comments>http://abstractpolitics.com/2011/07/formal-and-perceived-leadership-power-in-u-s-state-legislatures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A.B.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://abstractpolitics.com/?p=429</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Those who study Congress have engaged in long arguments about the importance (or lack thereof) of Congressional leaders in influencing outcomes. Among others, see Cox and McCubbins 1993 and 2005, Krehbiel 1993 and 1998, Binder 1996, and so on. But in a recent article published in SPPQ, Battista asks an important prior question: Do we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. State Election Reform and Turnout in Presidential Elections</title>
		<link>http://abstractpolitics.com/2011/06/u-s-state-election-reform-and-turnout-in-presidential-elections/</link>
		<comments>http://abstractpolitics.com/2011/06/u-s-state-election-reform-and-turnout-in-presidential-elections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A.B.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://abstractpolitics.com/?p=422</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you move from one state to the next, you may find dramatic differences in election administration. Back in my home state of California, I registered as a permanent absentee voter. Prior to each election, I received my ballot in the mail, which I completed at my leisure and returned by mail. Here in Utah, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analyzing the Effect of Anti-Abortion U.S. State Legislation in the Post-Casey Era</title>
		<link>http://abstractpolitics.com/2011/06/analyzing-the-effect-of-anti-abortion-u-s-state-legislation-in-the-post-casey-era/</link>
		<comments>http://abstractpolitics.com/2011/06/analyzing-the-effect-of-anti-abortion-u-s-state-legislation-in-the-post-casey-era/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A.B.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago, SPPQ published an article by Michael New asking a simple question: Do anti-abortion laws have any effect? It&#8217;s a good question. Although the number of abortions performed in the U.S. fell by 22.2% between 1990 and 2005, it&#8217;s not clear what caused the decline. Maybe it was the abortion restrictions passed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Party Faithful: Partisan Images, Candidate Religion, and the Electoral Impact of Party Identification</title>
		<link>http://abstractpolitics.com/2011/05/the-party-faithful-partisan-images-candidate-religion-and-the-electoral-impact-of-party-identification/</link>
		<comments>http://abstractpolitics.com/2011/05/the-party-faithful-partisan-images-candidate-religion-and-the-electoral-impact-of-party-identification/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 16:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A.B.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://abstractpolitics.com/?p=411</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[American voters tend to vote for their party&#8217;s candidate. That&#8217;s not news. The question is, why? Political science has usually relied on three answers. The psychological approach says that voters support their party because of a deep, emotional, psychological attachment to it (see The American Voter). The rational approach characterized partisanship as a &#8220;running tally&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Experiment Testing the Relative Effectiveness of Encouraging Voter Participation by Inducing Feelings of Pride or Shame</title>
		<link>http://abstractpolitics.com/2010/11/an-experiment-testing-the-relative-effectiveness-of-encouraging-voter-participation-by-inducing-feelings-of-pride-or-shame/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A.B.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://abstractpolitics.com/?p=393</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We already know from Gerber et al. (2008) that social pressure can boost voter turnout. As part of Political Behavior&#8216;s special issue on social pressure and turnout (read some background), Gerber et al. join forces again with a new question: Does negative pressure (shame) work better than positive pressure (pride)? To find out, they sampled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is There Backlash to Social Pressure? A Large-scale Field Experiment on Voter Mobilization</title>
		<link>http://abstractpolitics.com/2010/11/is-there-backlash-to-social-pressure-a-large-scale-field-experiment-on-voter-mobilization/</link>
		<comments>http://abstractpolitics.com/2010/11/is-there-backlash-to-social-pressure-a-large-scale-field-experiment-on-voter-mobilization/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 14:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A.B.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://abstractpolitics.com/?p=385</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2008, Gerber et al. published a pioneering study of mobilization. Using heavy-handed tactics, they found that they could shame people into voting (read more). Using heavy-handed tactics might be fine for academics, but real-world campaigns can&#8217;t use those tactics without alienating their supporters. For example, Utah&#8217;s Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, Mike Lee, sent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Affect, Social Pressure and Prosocial Motivation: Field Experimental Evidence of the Mobilizing Effects of Pride, Shame, and Publicizing Voting Behavior</title>
		<link>http://abstractpolitics.com/2010/11/affect-social-pressure-and-prosocial-motivation-field-experimental-evidence-of-the-mobilizing-effects-of-pride-shame-and-publicizing-voting-behavior/</link>
		<comments>http://abstractpolitics.com/2010/11/affect-social-pressure-and-prosocial-motivation-field-experimental-evidence-of-the-mobilizing-effects-of-pride-shame-and-publicizing-voting-behavior/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A.B.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Suppose a local newspaper planned to honor those who vote by listing their names in a post-election issue. Would you be more likely to vote? Now, suppose a local newspaper planned to shame those who stayed home by listing their names instead. Would you be more likely to vote? That&#8217;s the question Costas Panagopoulos asks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Accountability and Political Participation: Effects of Face-to-Face Feedback Intervention on Voter Turnout of Public Housing Residents</title>
		<link>http://abstractpolitics.com/2010/10/public-accountability-and-political-participation-effects-of-face-to-face-feedback-intervention-on-voter-turnout-of-public-housing-residents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A.B.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://abstractpolitics.com/?p=366</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a few things we know about voter turnout: The urban poor don&#8217;t vote. Voter turnout experiments don&#8217;t typically focus on non-voting populations like the urban poor. Turnout is lower in municipal elections than presidential elections. Sending door-to-door canvassers with a mobilization message can boost turnout by 8-9 percentage points. Social pressure can boost turnout [...]]]></description>
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