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Information effect on voter turnout: how campaign spending mobilises voters (2016)
Journal Article
Trumm, S., Sudulich, L., & Townsley, J. (in press). Information effect on voter turnout: how campaign spending mobilises voters. Acta Politica, 52(4), https://doi.org/10.1057/s41269-016-0027-8

We explore the impact of campaign effort on constituency-level turnout variation in Britain, under the premise that higher levels of campaign visibility stimulate electoral participation. We focus on the relationship between the competitiveness of th... Read More about Information effect on voter turnout: how campaign spending mobilises voters.

What does it take to make it to the polling station? The effects of campaign activities on electoral participation (2016)
Journal Article
Trumm, S., & Sudulich, L. (2018). What does it take to make it to the polling station? The effects of campaign activities on electoral participation. Party Politics, 24(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068816647209

This study explores the extent to which campaign visibility facilitates electoral participation, using data from first- and second-order elections in Britain. Our contribution to the existing literature is threefold. First, we assess whether the effe... Read More about What does it take to make it to the polling station? The effects of campaign activities on electoral participation.