I’m Here to Ask for Your Vote: The Strategy and Significance of Presidential Campaign Visits, 2008-2016

• In Event: Presidential campaigns

Brief Overview

This paper uses an original database of presidential campaign visits from the 2008-2016 elections to determine, as a general matter, the strategic rationale for these visits and their effect on turnout and vote choice at the state and county levels.

Author

• Christopher J. Devine, University of Dayton