Policy Deliberation and Voter Persuasion

Experimental Evidence from an Election in the Philippines

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ID6232522
AuthorsGabriel López‐moctezuma (California Institute of Technology, corresponding author), Leonard Wantchekon (Princeton University and African School of Economics), Daniel Rubenson (0000-0001-6887-2735, Ryerson University & Research Institute of Industrial Economics), Thomas Fujiwara (0000-0002-5739-6769, Princeton University, NBER, and CIFAR), Christine Lero (0000-0002-6950-8641), Cecilia Pe Lero (Universidade de São Paulo)
Year2022
Volume66
Issue1
Pages59-74
Publication date2022-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0092-5853 • E-ISSN: 1540-5907
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/ajps.12566
OpenAlexW2741970640
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited31

In a randomized experiment in cooperation with two national parties competing in a congressional election in the Philippines, we estimate the causal effect on voting behavior of a town‐hall style campaign in which candidates discuss their campaign platform with small groups of citizens. Keeping the parties' platform fixed, we find that town‐hall meetings have a positive effect on parties' vote shares compared to the status quo, in which voters play a passive role. Consistent with the parties' advocacy for underprivileged groups, we observe heterogeneous effects by income, education, and gender. Deliberative campaigns increase voters' awareness on the issues parties campaign on, affecting the vote of the direct beneficiaries of the parties' platform

Deliberation · Economics · Persuasion · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Status quo · Voting · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Media Influence and Politics · Psychology · Public Administration · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology

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