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Replication data for: An Experimental Study of the 2000 Presidential Election

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Title Replication data for: An Experimental Study of the 2000 Presidential Election
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/WOEHP1
 
Creator Joshua D. Clinton
John S. Lapinski
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description Replication data and code forthcoming



Scholars disagree whether negative advertising demobilizes or stimulates the electorate. We use an experiment with over 10,200 eligible voters to evaluate the two leading hypotheses of negative political advertising. We extend the analysis to examine whether advertising differentially impacts the turnout of voter subpopulations depending on the advertisement’s message. In the short term, we find no evidence that exposure to negative adv
ertisements decreases turnout and little that suggests it increases turnout. Any effect appears to depend upon the message of the advertisement and the characteristics of the viewer. In the long term, we find little evidence that the information contained in the treatment groups’ advertisements is sufficient to systematically alter turnout
 
Date 2004