Voting and Elections in the Internet Age: Insights from Current Research

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This page features compilations of links to data collections, authors, and journals for political science research on voting and elections.

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Election Law Journal: .Peer-reviewed journal for up-to-date coverage of this evolving area of specialization.

J. of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties: .Publishes research on elections, public opinion, participation and political parties.

Electoral Studies: .International journal dedicated to the study of elections and voting in different parts of the world.

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Voting & Elections Data Sites

Political Advertising on Google: .To help everyone understand the ads they see online, this report from Google includes information about verified advertisers, spending on ads related to elections.

Global Elections Database: .Information on the results of both national and subnational elections around the world.

Voting Technology Project Data: .seeks to develop better voting technologies, to improve election administration, and to deepen scientific research in these areas

Constituency-Level Elections Archive: .A repository of detailed election results at the constituency level for lower house legislative elections from around the world

Voter Turnout Database: .From the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)

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Am I Obliged to Vote? A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of Compulsory Voting With Ill-Informed VotersMathieu Turgeon, +1 more author (2023) PSRM, more info.
R files: 9, PDF files: 9

Irrelevant Events and Voting Behavior: Replications Using Principles from Open ScienceMatthew Graham, +3 more authors (2023) JOP, more info.
archives: 1, PDF files: 1

Positive Spillovers from Negative CampaigningVincenzo Galasso, +2 more authors (2023) AJPS, more info.
Stata files: 2, datasets: 4, PDF files: 1, text files: 1

Are Voters' Views about Proportional Outcomes Shaped by Partisan Preferences? A Survey Experiment in the Context of a Real ElectionSemra Sevi, +2 more authors (2022) PSRM, more info.
Stata files: 2, datasets: 1, PDF files: 1

Asian American Mobilization: The Effect of Co-ethnic Candidates and Districts on Asian American Voting BehaviorSara Sadhwani (2022) POLBEH, more info.
Stata files: 1, PDF files: 1, datasets: 1

Beaten Ballots: Political Participation Dynamics Amidst Police InterventionsToni Rodon, +1 more author (2022) PSRM, more info.
R files: 2, Stata files: 3, datasets: 11, other files: 3, PDF files: 6

Betting on the Underdog The Influence of Social Networks on Vote ChoiceAnnika Fredén, +2 more authors (2022) PSRM, more info.
R files: 1, PDF files: 2, datasets: 1, text files: 7

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Authors with Datasets

Simas, Elizabeth .

Hassell, Hans .

Smith, Daniel .

Hall, Andrew .Stanford University

Blais, Andr� .University of Montreal

Nemoto, Kuniaki .Musashi University, see data page for Korean and New Zealand election data.

Lublin, David .American University, see data page.

Fouirnaies, Alexander .

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