Using Cell Phone Mobility Data To Study Voter Turnout

• In Event: Social Dynamics of Voter Turnout

Brief Overview

We construct neighborhood-level voter turnout using cell-phone mobility data and demonstrate its usefulness through the application to the study that examines the long-term impact of the firebombing to Tokyo during WWII on turnout.

Authors

• Masataka Harada, Fukuoka University

• Gaku Ito, Hiroshima University

• Daniel M. Smith, Columbia University