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Non-partisan 'get-out-the-vote' efforts and policy outcomes
Get out the vote-Bemühungen von Unparteiischen und Politikergebnisse
[working paper]
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Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH
Abstract "This paper utilizes a simple model of redistributive politics with voter abstention to analyze the impact of nonpartisan 'get-out-the-vote' efforts on policy outcomes. Although such efforts are often promoted on the grounds that they provide the social benefit of increasing participation in the ele... view more
"This paper utilizes a simple model of redistributive politics with voter abstention to analyze the impact of nonpartisan 'get-out-the-vote' efforts on policy outcomes. Although such efforts are often promoted on the grounds that they provide the social benefit of increasing participation in the electoral process, we find that they have a meaningful impact on policy outcomes and are an important political influence activity for nonprofit advocacy organizations. In equilibrium, nonpartisan gotv efforts are more likely to arise in those segments of the electorate that are sufficiently small and disenfranchised (as measured by the ex ante voter abstention rate). Among those segments in which such efforts arise, the resulting gains are increasing in the level of disenfranchisement of the voters in the segment and decreasing in the segment's size." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
voting behavior; voter turnout; voter; nonvoter; political behavior; political activity; election campaign; political participation; political culture; political influence; election result; non-profit-organization
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Method
empirical; quantitative empirical
Free Keywords
get out the vote; redistributive politics; nonprofit advocacy organizations; Colonel Blotto game; Tullock game
Document language
English
Publication Year
2009
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
26 p.
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications
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