Replication Data for "Mobilization Around New Convenience Voting Methods: A Field Experiment to Encourage Voting by Mail with a Downloadable Ballot and Early Voting." (doi:10.7910/DVN/Z0F7KO)

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Citation

Title:

Replication Data for "Mobilization Around New Convenience Voting Methods: A Field Experiment to Encourage Voting by Mail with a Downloadable Ballot and Early Voting."

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/Z0F7KO

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2018-06-27

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Bibliographic Citation:

Herrnson, Paul; Hanmer, Michael; Koh, Ho Youn, 2018, "Replication Data for "Mobilization Around New Convenience Voting Methods: A Field Experiment to Encourage Voting by Mail with a Downloadable Ballot and Early Voting."", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/Z0F7KO, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:FbFkm0l7O8aIaC11x94KEw== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Replication Data for "Mobilization Around New Convenience Voting Methods: A Field Experiment to Encourage Voting by Mail with a Downloadable Ballot and Early Voting."

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/Z0F7KO

Authoring Entity:

Herrnson, Paul (University of Connecticut)

Hanmer, Michael (University of Maryland College Park)

Koh, Ho Youn (Nazarbayev University)

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Access Authority:

Hanmer, Michael

Depositor:

Hanmer, Michael

Date of Deposit:

2018-06-10

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/Z0F7KO

Study Scope

Keywords:

Social Sciences

Abstract:

Posted are the two data sets and respective code files. Abstract: Election reform has allowed citizens in many states to choose among convenience voting methods. We report on a field experiment that tests messages derived from theories about government responsiveness, choice, information, and convenience on the methods that citizens use to vote, namely early voting, absentee voting by mail, and absentee voting using a ballot downloaded from the internet. We find that any treatment discussing a downloadable ballot increases its usage, and the only treatment to increase use of the early voting option emphasized its implementation as a response to citizen demand. Treatments presenting the full range of convenience voting options increase turnout slightly. The most effective treatments also influence the behavior of others in the recipient’s household. Overall, the results demonstrate the efficacy of impersonal messages on voter behavior. The results have implications for the abilities of election administrators and political campaigners to structure the methods voters use to cast their ballots.

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Citation

Title:

Paul S. Herrnson, Michael J. Hanmer, Ho Youn Koh. "Mobilization Around New Convenience Voting Methods: A Field Experiment to Encourage Voting by Mail with a Downloadable Ballot and Early Voting."

Bibliographic Citation:

Paul S. Herrnson, Michael J. Hanmer, Ho Youn Koh. "Mobilization Around New Convenience Voting Methods: A Field Experiment to Encourage Voting by Mail with a Downloadable Ballot and Early Voting."

File Description--f3175437

File: HHK PB individual data.tab

Number of cases: 3401488
No. of variables per record: 39
Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

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UNF:6:FbFkm0l7O8aIaC11x94KEw==

Data for the individual level analysis.

Variable Description

List of Variables:

age - age
gender - female=1
partyid - party id 4 cat
gg10_turnout
gg10_votingmethod
pg08_turnout
gg06_turnout
pg04_turnout
strata
treatment - treatment w/ label
returned - mail returned?
treat1_2 - eabds message intended
treat3_7 - multiple option message intended treat3 and treat7
treat4_6 - early message
treated_int - intended to treat or not (ITT)
treat1int - treat1 intended EABDS facts
treat2int - treat2 intended EABDS ease
treat3int - treat3 intended mult earlyOct
treat4int - treat4 intended early facts
treat5int - treat5 intended early ease
treat6int - treat6 intended early citizen demand
treat7int - treat7 intended mult midOct
returned2
vmethod10 - voting method 10 cat
turnout10 - voted or not
abs_eabds - voted EABDS, excluding non-voters
abs_mail - voted by Mail, excluding non-voters
early - voted Early, excluding non-voters
strata1 - strata== 1
strata2 - strata== 2
strata3 - strata== 3
strata4 - strata== 4
strata5 - strata== 5
strata6 - strata== 6
female - female = 1, male and missing = 0
early_all - voted with early voting or not, includes nonvoters
eabds_all - voted with EABDS or not, includes nonvoters
mail_all - voted with regular mail absentee or not, includes nonvoters
vmethodmlogit

Variables

age

f3175437 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 3401487.0; StDev 17.500227111131913; Max. 109.83435821533203; Mean 48.54577112335212; Min. 9.86721420288086;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:bPJO7geYkyXjFBu6e+Qw6A==

female=1

f3175437 Location:

Value	Label	Frequency	Text
0.	male
1.	female

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.49803608280889544; Max. 1.0; Valid 3390219.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.5442733935481002;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:dPyq2DZsmPvBmLzB3SuPig==

party id 4 cat

f3175437 Location:

Value	Label	Frequency	Text
3.	other
4.	unaffiliated
2.	republican
1.	democrat

Summary Statistics: Valid 3401488.0; StDev 0.9626322437822867; Mean 2.2808520859105363; Max. 4.0; Min. 1.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:MLNWEUBHFtZPW/q/qaIAug==

gg10_turnout

f3175437 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; Mean 0.531943667005141; StDev 0.4989786321404864; Valid 3401488.0; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:PR51DMgD641DguG0hrBfHg==

gg10_votingmethod

f3175437 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.6997067165920426; Valid 3401488.0; StDev 1.0598258712523363; Max. 10.0; Min. 0.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:vMWCSckkhJrDCRvxQwPJ9g==

pg08_turnout

f3175437 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 1.2019404448808078; Min. 0.0; StDev 1.8457241328039002; Valid 3401488.0; Max. 9.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:awB72X7ynwNXAabtvD8tmA==

gg06_turnout

f3175437 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 3.288281021000754; Min. 0.0; Valid 3401488.0; Max. 9.0; Mean 2.1447484160603927;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:4qiCtX/dfDAoeDiJ5y9Vmw==

pg04_turnout

f3175437 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 2.3816941291908065; Valid 3401488.0; StDev 3.9463608566190596; Max. 9.0; Min. 0.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:GoOsmA/Yr+9bMSEFaQDvCg==

strata

f3175437 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 6.0; StDev 1.9211481594773272; Valid 3401488.0; Mean 2.888785437424048; Min. 1.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:1mY3oLmxOIW5+xVnbFE95Q==

treatment w/ label

f3175437 Location:

Value	Label	Frequency	Text
5.	early-convenience
2.	eabds-convenience
0.	control_no message
3.	multiple options (earlier)
7.	multiple options (later)
4.	early-facts only
1.	eabds-facts only
6.	early-civic duty

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Max. 7.0; Mean 0.02204887978437576; StDev 0.325328781097761; Valid 3401488.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:5mD9RE8iEEdpQl1GvqAC2Q==

mail returned?

f3175437 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 2.5130545793996476E-4; StDev 0.015850627047075485; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; Valid 3382338.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:o7KeoMWwmJMmonQcnNfmdw==

eabds message intended

f3175437 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 3401488.0; Mean 0.0019600245539603844; Max. 1.0; StDev 0.04422876250657038; Min. 0.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:PBrMHZzJW3iWQux/firmIQ==

multiple option message intended treat3 and treat7

f3175437 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; StDev 0.04137508400345882; Valid 3401488.0; Mean 0.0017148377415994564; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:FkHjqNNv2XNwg7ZZ3REwHA==

early message

f3175437 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 3401488.0; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.04690475842973526; Mean 0.0022049173773363; Max. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:R1rrWOOpQbvk5NTZZlg0vQ==

intended to treat or not (ITT)

f3175437 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.07645397034824983; Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.005879779672896725; Valid 3401488.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:QFaG++XV3afxLtRqT/+sPw==

treat1 intended EABDS facts

f3175437 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 9.801592714715481E-4; Valid 3401488.0; StDev 0.03129215312302691; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:VxF5y90M28/z78eCDR/D4g==

treat2 intended EABDS ease

f3175437 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 9.798652824879468E-4; Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; Valid 3401488.0; StDev 0.031287464490834895;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:HQ5jv9kG1pCDVFgq05y0iA==

treat3 intended mult earlyOct

f3175437 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; Mean 9.798652824879388E-4; Valid 3401488.0; StDev 0.03128746449085893;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:v4LoSzXSvS1/4kC6ZWu53A==

treat4 intended early facts

f3175437 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 7.349724591115585E-4; Valid 3401488.0; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.027100414950923992

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:igrqn/d+TRPaMraIsZWObg==

treat5 intended early ease

f3175437 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Mean 7.349724591120297E-4; StDev 0.02710041495092737; Max. 1.0; Valid 3401488.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:3g86EFDqPce5DvYQ0+jlzA==

treat6 intended early citizen demand

f3175437 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.02710041495092053; Valid 3401488.0; Max. 1.0; Mean 7.349724591115874E-4; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:mUw2x0dekSS984vL8E1aFQ==

treat7 intended mult midOct

f3175437 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; Mean 7.349724591111814E-4; Valid 3401488.0; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.027100414950962725

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:itGPNuLQyyzb8Mb+RLlqdQ==

returned2

f3175437 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 3401488.0; StDev 0.015805956605712095; Min. 0.0; Mean 2.498906360978404E-4; Max. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:UBhlGPL/jDMKUYEdaEEe6g==

voting method 10 cat

f3175437 Location:

Value	Label	Frequency	Text
3.	abs_mail
6.	abs_mail & fwab
9.	fwab_eabds
2.	early
4.	abs_eabds
10.	provisional
5.	abs_other
1.	polling place
8.	fwab_mail
7.	abs_eabds&fwab

Summary Statistics: StDev 1.1409296566054332; Min. 1.0; Valid 1809400.0; Max. 10.0; Mean 1.3153774731947938

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:GgJ5fZXmdGUGVr1GRQyBsQ==

voted or not

f3175437 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 3401488.0; Mean 0.531943667005141; Max. 1.0; StDev 0.4989786321404864; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:PR51DMgD641DguG0hrBfHg==

voted EABDS, excluding non-voters

f3175437 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.0025726760252039447; StDev 0.050656280771310694; Valid 1809400.0; Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:z8Lo67F+ORZOd11qtf8fyw==

voted by Mail, excluding non-voters

f3175437 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.16410496120553708; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.027697579308034438; Valid 1809400.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:qRcB1CBAN/SZQRZVIhlwuA==

voted Early, excluding non-voters

f3175437 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.11989886150090132; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; Valid 1809400.0; StDev 0.3248433204390023;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:qV/3ZoCT0F9hZeYrQ6Mgsg==

strata== 1

f3175437 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.40420104378278704; Max. 1.0; Valid 3401488.0; StDev 0.4907368243789684; Min. 0.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:MLQ+M34YeL5JYzzILe/2pw==

strata== 2

f3175437 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; StDev 0.2937930205098527; Min. 0.0; Valid 3401488.0; Mean 0.0954191224515523

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:O+5URHnSBwvkREWLXnYN4Q==

strata== 3

f3175437 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 3401488.0; Mean 0.13753098643955586; StDev 0.3444070979065801; Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:6u2nMe5Fpqmj9jFCDnpdjg==

strata== 4

f3175437 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Valid 3401488.0; Mean 0.10250719685046485; StDev 0.303314191055328; Max. 1.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:WLdiYUlbVdOxfXOkC7YxrQ==

strata== 5

f3175437 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.09092550083615032; Max. 1.0; Valid 3401488.0; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.287503179872971

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:NZdvyTDFSnZH72pxHmkkKQ==

strata== 6

f3175437 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.3751191267451194; Valid 3401488.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.16941614963619983; Max. 1.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:nPElCkM2ilC+36msdNRlpQ==

female = 1, male and missing = 0

f3175437 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.4981930870208592; Mean 0.5424702365557202; Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; Valid 3401488.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:xCV4EDKDWfljfKOd15J8Nw==

voted with early voting or not, includes nonvoters

f3175437 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; StDev 0.2443596542781163; Valid 3401488.0; Mean 0.06377944005651705; Max. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:9RNOT9lfHCrUdE7QvaIhaQ==

voted with EABDS or not, includes nonvoters

f3175437 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; Valid 3401488.0; StDev 0.03696817925011334; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.001368518718863678;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:uIPu4Gfk46tV1hL7VK/uJA==

voted with regular mail absentee or not, includes nonvoters

f3175437 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.01473355190424887; Valid 3401488.0; StDev 0.12048435011006861

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:eov7/HTqM6TNzAHwvu+wLQ==

vmethodmlogit

f3175437 Location:

Value	Label	Frequency	Text
1.	polling place or other
4.	absentee EABDS
2.	early
3.	absentee reg mail
5.	did not vote

Summary Statistics: Min. 1.0; Mean 2.9695774319924726; Valid 3401488.0; Max. 5.0; StDev 1.93512208511386

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:Vhpbc88w559SOfntpt5bTQ==

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HHK code for individual level results.do

Text:

Code for the individual level analysis results.

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Other Study-Related Materials

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HHK code for spillover results.do

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Code for the household level spillover analysis results.

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HHK PB spillover data.dta

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Data for household level spillover analysis.

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