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

dc.citation.firstpage197en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber2en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleAmerican Politics Researchen_US
dc.citation.lastpage209en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber51en_US
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Martinen_US
dc.contributor.authorStein, Robert M.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-27T20:16:36Zen_US
dc.date.available2023-03-27T20:16:36Zen_US
dc.date.issued2023en_US
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.en_US
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.en_US
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/1532673X221132480en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/114542en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSageen_US
dc.titleMitigating the Turnout Effects of Bad Weather With Early Voting: 1948–2016en_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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