Campaign Spending and Voter Participation in State Legislative Elections

2012 ◽  
Vol 94 (3) ◽  
pp. 840-864 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. Hogan
Keyword(s):  
Campaign Spending ◽  
Voter Participation ◽  
Legislative Elections ◽  
State Legislative Elections ◽  
State Legislative

Campaign and Contextual Influences on Voter Participation in State Legislative Elections

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 403-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBERT E. HOGAN
Keyword(s):  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Campaign Spending ◽  
Voter Participation ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
Contextual Influences ◽  
Legislative Elections ◽  
Campaign Effects ◽  
State Legislative Elections ◽  
Legislative Districts ◽  
State Legislative

Recent studies suggest that campaign mobilization factors such as candidate spending and electoral competition play a substantial role in influencing voter participation in elections. This analysis focuses on the relative influence of these campaign effects along with a variety of contextual features on district-level turnout in state legislative elections. Models testing a variety of variables across seven states in 1994 point to the overwhelming influence of socioeconomic and political context, with campaign mobilization effects contributing a much smaller degree of explanatory power. While some mobilization factors (such as campaign spending) have the potential to exert a strong impact on turnout, factors beyond the control of candidate campaigns are responsible for much of the observed variation in turnout across state legislative districts.

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