Do Early Voters Try To Mobilize Others?

• In Event: Social Dynamics of Voter Turnout

Brief Overview

Studies have found that early voting is negatively correlated with aggregate voter turnout. Most explanations for this finding center on declines in social pressures to vote. Across a number of surveys, we find no support for this mechanism.

Authors

• Jacob R Neiheisel, University at Buffalo

• Sarah Niebler, Dickinson College