Information Flow and Split-Ticket Voting in the 2018 U.S. Midterms

• In Event: Media forces, influence, and impact

Brief Overview

How do the media diets of voters in swing states relate to split-ticket voting in the 2018 midterms? We found that the more people used news that provides a wide range of perspectives, the more likely they were to split their ticket.

Authors

• Michael W. Wagner, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Jiyoun Suk, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Dhavan V. Shah, University of Wisconsin-Madison