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

Harvard Election Data Archive: .This archive contains data on election results, voting behavior, and electoral politics, with particular focus on the United States.

Wesleyan Media Project: .Tracks and analyzes all broadcast advertisements aired by or on behalf of federal and state election candidates in every media market in the country, data access.

U.S. House Election Results Archive: .From the Office of the Clerk, official vote counts in congressional elections since 1920

Election Passport: .Provides free access to a rich dataset of constituency election results in 110 countries and territories throughout the world.

Political TV Ad Archive: .Provides a searchable, viewable, and shareable online archive of 2016 political TV ads.

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New Voting & Elections Articles with Replication Data

Am I Obliged to Vote? A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of Compulsory Voting With Ill-Informed VotersMathieu Turgeon; *André Blais (2023)

Irrelevant Events and Voting Behavior: Replications Using Principles from Open ScienceMatthew Graham; *Gregory Huber; *Neil Malhotra; Cecilia Hyunjung Mo (2023)

Positive Spillovers from Negative CampaigningVincenzo Galasso; Tommaso Nannicini; Salvatore Nunnari (2023)

Are Voters' Views about Proportional Outcomes Shaped by Partisan Preferences? A Survey Experiment in the Context of a Real ElectionSemra Sevi; *André Blais; Carolina Plescia (2022)

Beaten Ballots: Political Participation Dynamics Amidst Police InterventionsToni Rodon; Marc Guinjoan (2022)

Betting on the Underdog The Influence of Social Networks on Vote ChoiceAnnika Fredén; Ludovic Rheault; Indridi Indridason (2022)

Birth Order and Voter TurnoutBernt Bratsberg; Christopher T. Dawes; Andreas Kotsadam; Karl-Oskar Lindgren; Richard Öhrvall; Sven Oskarsson; Oddbjørn Raaum (2022)

Can the Party in Power Systematically Win a Majority in Close Legislative Elections? Evidence from U.S. State AssembliesAjay Shenoy; Dahyeon Jeong (2022)

Civic Education in High School and Voter Turnout in AdulthoodAaron Weinschenk; Christopher T. Dawes (2022)

Democracy and Intensity of Preferences: A Test of Storable Votes and Quadratic Voting on Four California PropositionsAlessandra Casella; Luis Sanchez (2022)

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Authors with Datasets

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Andrew Hall .Stanford University

Hans Hassell .

David Lublin .American University, see data page.

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

André Blais .University of Montreal

Alexander Fouirnaies .

Elizabeth Simas .

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