Emails from Official Sources Can Increase Turnout

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ISPS ID: 
D084
Suggested citation: 

Malhorta, Neil, Melissa R. Michelson and Ali Adam Valenzuela (2012), Replication Materials for ,’Emails from Official Sources Can Increase Turnout,’ http://hdl.handle.net/10079/d539f3e2-dfc1-4150-96cd-d9d5f9ccd258. ISPS Data Archive.

Keyword(s): 
Author(s): 

Ali Valenzuela, Neil Malhotra, Melissa Michelson

Research design: 
Data type: 
Administrative
Data source(s): 

Authors

Data source information: 

isps(at)yale(dot)edu

Field date: 
November 1, 2009
Field Date: 
2009-11 - 2010-11
Location: 
Location details: 
California - San Mateo County
Unit of observation: 
Individual
Sample size: 
Nov 2009: 48,504 June 2010: 47,463 Nov 2010: 69,556
Inclusion/exclusion: 
List of registered voters who provided a unique email address at the time of registration. In November 2009, individuals in a particular school district were excluded from the experiment. In November 2009 and June 2010 some individuals were removed from the list in order to allow for a concurrent experiment using another GOTV tactic.
Randomization procedure: 
Random assignment at the household level
Treatment: 
GOTV message from (1) local registrar in San Mateo County, California, (2) Fictional organization (People for the Advancement of Voter Engagement, PAVE), (3) control group (no email message)
Treatment administration: 
Email
Outcome measures: 
Voting turnout
Archive date: 
2014
Owner: 
Authors
Owner contact: 

isps(at)yale(dot)edu

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D084F01 ReadMe file .pdf 33792 Download file
D084F18 Output file - pave_control .pdf 56320 Download file
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D084F17 Output file - registrar_pave .xls 323584 Download file
D084F28 Metadata (DDI 3.2) .xml 316455 Download file