Why Do Election Results Change After Election Day? The "Blue Shift" in American Elections

• In Event: US Elections

Brief Overview

Leveraging snapshots of precinct-level election returns and individual-level administrative records, we conduct the first full-fledged analysis of vote share shifts after Election Day in general elections.

Authors

• Yimeng Li, California Institute of Technology

• Michelle Hyun, California Institute of Technology

• R. Michael Alvarez, California Institute of Technology