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dc.contributor.authorGermann, Micha-
dc.contributor.authorGemenis, Kostas-
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-28T07:38:27Z-
dc.date.available2023-08-28T07:38:27Z-
dc.date.issued2019-01-02-
dc.identifier.citationPolitical Communication, 2019, vol. 36, iss. 1, pp. 149 - 170en_US
dc.identifier.issn10584609-
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/30071-
dc.description.abstractThis article investigates the mobilization potential of online voter information tools known as “Voting Advice Applications” (VAAs). We argue that an observational approach utilizing survey data constitutes the best available method for causal inference where VAAs are popular—and we are thus most interested in VAA turnout effects—because randomized experiments are likely to run into double cross-over problems. We suggest that matching offers key improvements over existing methods to tackle self-selection into VAA use in observational studies. To improve confidence in selection on observables, we complement matching estimates with an extensive sensitivity analysis, including a placebo test. Empirically, we study the effect of smartvote, a popular VAA from Switzerland, on turnout in the 2007 Swiss federal election. We find that smartvote usage significantly increased the individual-level probability to vote. Our results suggest that smartvote was, on the aggregate, responsible for about 1.2 % points of the total tally with an estimated cost of nine Swiss Francs (7.5 U.S. dollars or 1.4 “Big Macs”) per additional vote. Promising as well, we find that the mobilization effect was more pronounced among younger voters. Our findings point to the value of VAAs compared to traditional get out the vote tactics.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofPolitical Communicationen_US
dc.rights© Taylor & Francis Groupen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectelectoral turnouten_US
dc.subjectget out the voteen_US
dc.subjectmatchingen_US
dc.subjectvoting advice applicationsen_US
dc.titleGetting Out the Vote With Voting Advice Applicationsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.collaborationUniversity of Bathen_US
dc.collaborationMax Planck Institute for the Study of Societiesen_US
dc.subject.categoryMedia and Communicationsen_US
dc.journalsSubscriptionen_US
dc.countryUnited Kingdomen_US
dc.countryGermanyen_US
dc.subject.fieldSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.publicationPeer Revieweden_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/10584609.2018.1526237en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85057300644-
dc.identifier.urlhttps://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85057300644-
dc.relation.issue1en_US
dc.relation.volume36en_US
cut.common.academicyear2019-2020en_US
dc.identifier.spage149en_US
dc.identifier.epage170en_US
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crisitem.journal.journalissn1091-7675-
crisitem.journal.publisherTaylor & Francis-
crisitem.author.deptDepartment of Communication and Internet Studies-
crisitem.author.facultyFaculty of Communication and Media Studies-
crisitem.author.orcid0000-0002-3973-5675-
crisitem.author.parentorgFaculty of Communication and Media Studies-
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