Skip to main content

ETHNOS_APP

Home • Search • Journals • List 0

Do Phone Calls Increase Voter Turnout? An Update

Bibliographic Data

ID9769784
AuthorsAlan S Gerber (0000-0002-8133-3995, Yale University, corresponding author), Donald P Green (0000-0002-8850-438X, Yale University, Institution for Social and Policy Studies)
Year2005
Volume601
Issue1
Pages142-154
Publication date2005-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0002716205278445
OpenAlexW2080339078
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited16

This article estimates the extent to which nonpartisan phone calls from commercial phone banks increase voter turnout. Prior to the 1998 and 2002 elections, randomized field experiments were conducted in which more than 1 million subjects were randomly assigned to treatment and control conditions. The results indicate that this type of phone calling campaign is ineffective

Advertising · Business · Control (management · Demographic economics · Economics · Mobile phone · Phone · Phone call · Political science · Politics · Randomized experiment · Statistics · Telecommunications · Turnout · Voter turnout · Voting · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Law · Mathematics · Social Media and Politics

  • Durably reducing transphobia

    Open Access•David E Broockman, David Broockman et al.•Science•2016

  • Field Experiments and the Study of Voter Turnout

    Donald P Green, Michael C Mcgrath et al.•Journal of Elections Public…•2012

  • How Many Robocalls are too Many? Results from a Large-Scale Field Experiment

    Adam Zelizer•Journal of Political Marketing•2018

  • The Impact of a Pledge Request and the Promise of Publicity

    Open Access•Simon Cotterill, Sarah Cotterill et al.•Social Science Quarterly•2013

  • Descriptive Social Norms and Motivation to Vote

    Alan S Gerber, Todd Rogers•The Journal of Politics•2009

  • Partisan and Nonpartisan Message Content and Voter Mobilization

    Open Access•Costas Panagopoulos•Political Research Quarterly•2009

  • Timing Is Everything? Primacy and Recency Effects in Voter Mobilization Campaigns

    Open Access•Costas Panagopoulos•Political Behavior•2011

  • Revisiting the Gender Gap in Political Knowledge

    Open Access•Jennifer Jerit, Jason Barabas•Political Behavior•2017

  • The Role of Call Quality in Voter Mobilization

    Open Access•Christopher B Mann, Casey A Klofstad et al.•Political Behavior•2015

  • Affect, Social Pressure and Prosocial Motivation

    Open Access•Costas Panagopoulos•Political Behavior•2010

  • Comparing Experimental and Matching Methods Using a Large-Scale Voter Mobilization Experiment

    Open Access•Kevin Arceneaux, Alan S Gerber et al.•Political Analysis•2006

  • Mobilization, participation, and American democracy

    Open Access•Donald P Green, Michael Schwam-Baird•Party Politics•2016

  • Urbanization Patterns, Information Diffusion, and Female Voting in Rural Paraguay

    Open Access•Alexandra Chong, Alberto Chong et al.•American Journal of Political…•2019

  • Does Language Matter? The Impact of Spanish Versus English-Language Gotv Efforts on Latino Turnout

    Open Access•M Abrajano, Costas Panagopoulos•American Politics Research•2011

  • Get-Out-The-Vote Phone Calls

    Open Access•Shang E Ha, Dean S Karlan et al.•American Politics Research•2009

  • Do impersonal mobilisation methods work? Evidence from a nationwide Get-Out-the-Vote experiment in England

    Edward Fieldhouse, David Cutts et al.•Electoral Studies•2013

  • Increasing voting behavior by asking people if they expect to vote.

    Anthony G Greenwald, Catherine G Carnot et al.•Journal of Applied Psychology•1987

  • Identification of Causal Effects Using Instrumental Variables

    Joshua D Angrist, Guido W Imbens et al.•Journal of the American…•1996

  • Giving Voice to Latino Voters

    Open Access•Ricardo Ramírez•The Annals of the American…•2005

  • Phone-Based Gotv—What’s on the Line? Field Experiments with Varied Partisan Components, 2002-2003

    Open Access•John E Mcnulty•The Annals of the American…•2005

  • An Experimental Field Study of the Gotv and Persuasion Effects of Partisan Direct Mail and Phone Calls

    Open Access•Emily Arthur Cardy•The Annals of the American…•2005

  • Effects of Telephone Canvassing on Turnout and Preferences

    William C Adams, Dennis Smith et al.•Public Opinion Quarterly•1980

  • The Effects of Precinct-Level Canvassing on Voter Behavior

    Gerald H Kramer•Public Opinion Quarterly•1970

  • Do Phone Calls Increase Voter Turnout

    Alan S Gerber, Donald P Green•Public Opinion Quarterly•2001

  • Partisan Mobilization Campaigns in the Field

    Open Access•David W Nickerson, Ryan D Friedrichs et al.•Political Research Quarterly•2006

  • Mobilizing African-American Voters Using Direct Mail and Commercial Phone Banks

    Open Access•Donald P Green•Political Research Quarterly•2004

  • Testing for Publication Bias in Political Science

    Open Access•Alan S Gerber, Donald P Green et al.•Political Analysis•2001

  • Stimulating Voter Turnout in a Primary

    Open Access•Roy E Miller, David A Bositis et al.•International Political Science…•1981

  • Experimental Propaganda Techniques and Voting Behavior

    Open Access•Samuel J Eldersveld•American Political Science Review•1956

  • The Effects of Canvassing, Telephone Calls, and Direct Mail on Voter Turnout

    Open Access•Alan S Gerber, Donald P Green•American Political Science Review•2000

  • Does Measuring Intent Change Behavior

    Vicki G Morwitz, Eric Johnson et al.•Journal of Consumer Research•1993

Unique citing works16
Citations per year0,8
Citation span2006 - 2019 (14)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 16
Ethnos_APP • Open Source Project • MIT License • Frontend v2.0.0 • Privacy and Cookies • API Documentation: api.ethnos.app/docs • API Source Code: GitHub • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17049435 • Frontend Source Code: GitHub • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17050053 • cruz.rio.br • Expectantes Misericordiae