Election Day and Night
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This is a page for students of PS 240. On November 3rd we discussed two articles, one about exit polls and one about media reports of results.
Possible Exam Questions
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Readings
S. Sudman (1986). Do Exit Polls Influence Voting Behavior? The Public Opinion Quarterly, 50, 331-339.
- Summary:This article examines whether or not exit polls influence voting behavior. The article examines other papers written on the subject from various elections, and comes to the conclusion that the effect exit polls have on voting is small, but existent. and that people are possibly less likely to vote the later it gets if the exit polls suggest a clear winner
J.E. Uscinski (2007). Too Close to Call? Uncertainty and Bias in Election-Night Reporting. Social Science Quarterly, 88, 51-67.
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