Contextual priming
Where people vote affects how they vote
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23338366 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jonah Berger (0000-0002-2669-8211, University of Pennsylvania), Matthew Meredith (0000-0002-4535-8511, Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139; and), Marc Meredith (Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139; and), S Christian Wheeler (Stanford University) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 105 |
| Issue | 26 |
| Pages | 8846-8849 |
| Publication date | 2008-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0027-8424 • E-ISSN: 1091-6490 |
| Publisher | National Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1073/pnas.0711988105 |
| PMID | 18574152 |
| PMCID | PMC2449328 |
| OpenAlex | W2122793823 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 62 |
| References cited | 13 |
American voters are assigned to vote at a particular polling location (e.g., a church, school, etc.). We show these assigned polling locations can influence how people vote. Analysis of a recent general election demonstrates that people who were assigned to vote in schools were more likely to support a school funding initiative. This effect persisted even when controlling for voters' political views, demographics, and unobservable characteristics of individuals living near schools. A follow-up experiment using random assignment suggests that priming underlies these effects, and that they can occur outside of conscious awareness. These findings underscore the subtle power of situational context to shape important real-world decisions.
Context (archaeology) · Demographics · Econometrics · Economics · Geography · Polling · Power (physics) · Priming (agriculture) · Situational ethics · Sociology · Unobservable · Computer Science · Demography · Media Influence and Health · Psychology · Psychology of Social Influence · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 62 |
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| Citations per year | 3,88 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 59 |