Get Out the Vote
How to Increase Voter Turnout- Authors:
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- Publisher:
- 2019
Summary
The most important element in every election is getting voters to the pollsthese get-out-the-vote (GOTV) efforts make the difference between winning and losing office. With the first three editions of Get Out the Vote, Donald P. Green and Alan S. Gerber broke ground by introducing a new scientific approach to the challenge of voter mobilization and profoundly transformed how campaigns operate. Get Out the Vote has become the reference text for those who manage campaigns and study voter mobilization.
In this expanded and updated edition, Green and Gerber incorporate data from a trove of recent studies that shed new light on the cost-effectiveness and efficiency of various campaign tactics, including door-to-door canvassing, e-mail, direct mail, and telephone calls. The new edition gives special attention to “relational organizing” through friend-to-friend communication and events.
Available in time for the 2020 presidential campaign, this practical guide to voter mobilization will again be a must-read for consultants, candidates, and grassroots organizations.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2019
- ISBN-Print
- 978-0-8157-3266-2
- ISBN-Online
- 978-0-8157-3694-3
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- backcover1
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Table of Contents No access
- Preface No access
- Introduction: Why Voter Mobilization Matters No access Pages 11 - 18
- Evidence versus Received Wisdom No access Pages 19 - 30
- Door-to-Door Canvassing No access Pages 31 - 50
- Leaflets and Signage No access Pages 51 - 64
- Direct Mail No access Pages 65 - 78
- Commercial Phone Banks, Volunteer Phone Banks, and Robocalls No access Pages 79 - 100
- Electronic Mail, Social Media, and Text Messaging No access Pages 101 - 120
- Using Events to Draw Voters to the Polls No access Pages 121 - 132
- Using Mass Media to Mobilize Voters No access Pages 133 - 148
- Voter Registration and Voter Turnout No access Pages 149 - 160
- Strategies for Effective Messaging No access Pages 161 - 176
- What Works, What Doesn't, and What's Next No access Pages 177 - 206
- Appendix A: Meta-Analysis of Door-to-Door Canvassing Experiments No access Pages 207 - 212
- Appendix B: Meta-Analysis of Direct Mail Experiments No access Pages 213 - 218
- Appendix C: Meta-Analysis of Phone-Call Experiments No access Pages 219 - 222
- Notes No access Pages 223 - 244
- Index No access Pages 245 - backcover1





