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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22nd House     22nd Senate
23rd House     23rd Senate
24th House     24th Senate

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Blogs, Podcasts & Journals

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.

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

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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.

Congressional District Data: .The data set includes a wide range of economic, social and geographic information for every U.S. congressional district, from 1943-1998.

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

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

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

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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

Elizabeth Simas .

Alexander Fouirnaies .

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

André Blais .University of Montreal

David Lublin .American University, see data page.

Daniel Smith .

Andrew Hall .Stanford University

Hans Hassell .

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