Voting by Mail and Turnout in Oregon
Revisiting Southwell and Burchett
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6180219 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Gronke (0000-0002-5189-6148, Reed College), Peter Miller (0000-0002-6896-5437) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 976-997 |
| Publication date | 2012-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Politics Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1532-673X • E-ISSN: 1552-3373 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1532673x12457809 |
| OpenAlex | W2129231605 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 32 |
| References cited | 30 |
In the most widely cited result on the turnout effects of voting by mail, Southwell and Burchett report that Oregon’s system increased turnout by 10 percentage points. We attempt to replicate this finding and extend the analysis to additional years to test whether the originally reported effect is due to the novelty of the first three voting by mail elections in 1995 and 1996. We are unable to reproduce earlier findings, either via replication or extending the time series to include 2010 electoral data. We find evidence for a novelty effect when all elections between 1960 and 2010 are included in our analysis, and a consistent impact of voting by mail on turnout only in special elections
Demographic economics · Economics · Novelty · Political science · Politics · Turnout · Voter turnout · Voting · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy · Law · Media Influence and Politics · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 32 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,91 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 31 |