Stick(er)in’ It to the Voter: SMS Text Voter Mobilization and Anticipatory Benefits

• In Event: Poster Session: Political Participation and Mobilization

Brief Overview

This experiment examines SMS text messages as effective voter mobilization tools. We leverage two mechanisms for increasing turnout in the 2018 elections by testing a social media anticipatory benefits text versus an informational, civic duty text.

Author

• Hannah Fishman, Skidmore College