Roadmaps to Representation: An Experimental Study of How Voter Education Tools Affect Citizen Decision Making
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DOI: 10.1007/s11109-018-9480-6
Abstract: Efforts to educate citizens about the candidates and issues at stake in elections are widespread. These include distributing voter guides describing candidates’ policy views and interactive tools conveying similar information. Do these voter education tools… read more here.
Keywords: policy views; voter education; education tools; voter ... See more keywords
Voter Turnout, Felon Disenfranchisement and Partisan Outcomes in Presidential Elections, 1988–2012
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DOI: 10.1007/s11211-017-0277-2
Abstract: States vary in their treatment of the voting rights of convicted felons through incarceration, probation, parole, and beyond. A few states permit even incarcerated felons to vote, while others rescind the right permanently, with most… read more here.
Keywords: disenfranchisement partisan; voter turnout; felon disenfranchisement; voter ... See more keywords
Measuring youth and college student voter turnout
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DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2019.102086
Abstract: Abstract Young adulthood is a critical period in civic development. However, measuring electoral participation among this group generally—and the many young people who go to college in particular—is fraught with potential pitfalls stemming from a… read more here.
Keywords: college; youth college; measuring youth; college student ... See more keywords
Homeownership and voter turnout in u.s. local elections
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhe.2018.06.006
Abstract: Abstract This paper provides evidence that economic self-interest associated with homeownership affects voter turnout in local elections in the United States. Compared to renters, homeowners are financially invested in their communities and are less mobile.… read more here.
Keywords: homeownership voter; turnout local; voter turnout; voter ... See more keywords
Instrumental Variable Methods for Conditional Effects and Causal Interaction in Voter Mobilization Experiments
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DOI: 10.1080/01621459.2016.1246363
Abstract: ABSTRACT In democratic countries, voting is one of the most important ways for citizens to influence policy and hold their representatives accountable. And yet, in the United States and many other countries, rates of voter… read more here.
Keywords: voter mobilization; causal interaction; mobilization; voter ... See more keywords
Pandemic primary: the interactive effects of COVID-19 prevalence and age on voter turnout
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DOI: 10.1080/17457289.2021.1924728
Abstract: ABSTRACT On March 17, 2020, the state of Florida held its Presidential Preference Primary amid a growing global pandemic. At that time, health officials and the media continued to report on the disproportionate dangers of… read more here.
Keywords: interactive effects; age; prevalence; county covid ... See more keywords
Polarization and consensus by opposing external sources
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DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/ab6094
Abstract: We introduce a socially motivated extension of the voter model in which individual voters are also influenced by two opposing, fixed-opinion news sources. These sources forestall consensus and instead drive the population to a politically… read more here.
Keywords: time; voter; graph; news ... See more keywords
Consensus and diversity in multistate noisy voter models.
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DOI: 10.1103/physreve.100.022304
Abstract: We study a variant of the voter model with multiple opinions; individuals can imitate each other and also change their opinion randomly in mutation events. We focus on the case of a population with all-to-all… read more here.
Keywords: multistate noisy; diversity multistate; voter models; noisy voter ... See more keywords
Zealots in multistate noisy voter models.
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DOI: 10.1103/physreve.103.012311
Abstract: The noisy voter model is a stylized representation of opinion dynamics. Individuals copy opinions from other individuals, and are subject to spontaneous state changes. In the case of two opinion states this model is known… read more here.
Keywords: opinion states; voter models; noisy voter; zealots multistate ... See more keywords
Consensus from group interactions: An adaptive voter model on hypergraphs
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DOI: 10.1103/physreve.105.054307
Abstract: We study the effect of group interactions on the emergence of consensus in a spin system. Agents with discrete opinions {0,1} form groups. They can change their opinion based on their group's influence (voter dynamics),… read more here.
Keywords: consensus group; group interactions; consensus; interactions adaptive ... See more keywords
SeVEP: Secure and Verifiable Electronic Polling System
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DOI: 10.1109/access.2019.2897252
Abstract: Electronic polling systems promise benefits to voters such as accessibility and convenience that enable them to cast their votes at any time, from any Internet-connected computing device anywhere in the world. However, unlike traditional paper-based… read more here.
Keywords: system; polling system; secure verifiable; security ... See more keywords