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Activating voters in congressional elections

Political Behavior volume 5, pages 391–401 (1983)Cite this article

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This paper shows that one of the consequences of electoral campaigns is activation. Much research in the last decade has shown that campaign spending is related to electoral outcomes, but nearly all of this research has been conducted on district-level data, so we do not know how campaigns influence individual voters. This research returns to the theoretical framework offered inThe People's Choice and shows that at least part of the effect of campaigns is due to the increased likelihood of people voting when campaigns are more intense.

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  1. Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center and Department of Political Science, University of Oklahoma, USA

    Gary W. Copeland

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Copeland, G.W. Activating voters in congressional elections. Polit Behav 5, 391–401 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00987563

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Keywords

  • Electoral Outcome
  • Electoral Campaign
  • Political Psychology
  • Individual Voter
  • Campaign Spending