Mitigating the Turnout Effects of Bad Weather With Early Voting: 1948–2016

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dc.citation.firstpage197
dc.citation.issueNumber2
dc.citation.journalTitleAmerican Politics Research
dc.citation.lastpage209
dc.citation.volumeNumber51
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Martin
dc.contributor.authorStein, Robert M.
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-27T20:16:36Z
dc.date.available2023-03-27T20:16:36Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractWe identify in-person early voting and no-excuse mail voting as antidotes for the depressing effect inclement weather has on voter turnout and the Republican dividend that accompanies rain and snow on Election Day. We offer and test an explanation for how voters utilize early voting to anticipate and avoid the costs of voting in bad weather. Replicating and extending Gomez et al (2007) analysis through the 2016 election, we confirm the remedial effect in-person early voting and to a lesser degree no-excuse mail voting has on turnout and the Republican advantage when bad weather coincides with Election Day. Our work makes an important contribution to understanding how election laws effect voter participation. We discuss how taking seriously treatment effect heterogeneity both in theoretical and empirical analyses might contribute to our understanding of the effects of election laws on voter participation.
dc.identifier.citationJohnson, Martin and Stein, Robert M.. "Mitigating the Turnout Effects of Bad Weather With Early Voting: 1948–2016." <i>American Politics Research,</i> 51, no. 2 (2023) Sage: 197-209. https://doi.org/10.1177/1532673X221132480.
dc.identifier.digitalMitigating-the-turnout-effects-of-bad-weather
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/1532673X221132480
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/114542
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage
dc.titleMitigating the Turnout Effects of Bad Weather With Early Voting: 1948–2016
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