A note on internet use and the 2016 U.S. presidential election outcome.
We use data from the American National Election Studies from 1996 to 2016 to study the role of the internet in the 2016 U.S. presidential election outcome. We compare trends in the Republican share of the vote between likely and unlikely internet users, and between actual internet users and non-user...
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| description | We use data from the American National Election Studies from 1996 to 2016 to study the role of the internet in the 2016 U.S. presidential election outcome. We compare trends in the Republican share of the vote between likely and unlikely internet users, and between actual internet users and non-users. Relative to prior years, the Republican share of the vote in 2016 was as high or higher among the groups least active online. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0e326c0ba7224a7c95923db3c51fb4852022-12-22T03:46:29ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032018-01-01137e019957110.1371/journal.pone.0199571A note on internet use and the 2016 U.S. presidential election outcome.Levi BoxellMatthew GentzkowJesse M ShapiroWe use data from the American National Election Studies from 1996 to 2016 to study the role of the internet in the 2016 U.S. presidential election outcome. We compare trends in the Republican share of the vote between likely and unlikely internet users, and between actual internet users and non-users. Relative to prior years, the Republican share of the vote in 2016 was as high or higher among the groups least active online.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6051565?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Levi Boxell Matthew Gentzkow Jesse M Shapiro A note on internet use and the 2016 U.S. presidential election outcome. PLoS ONE |
| title | A note on internet use and the 2016 U.S. presidential election outcome. |
| title_full | A note on internet use and the 2016 U.S. presidential election outcome. |
| title_fullStr | A note on internet use and the 2016 U.S. presidential election outcome. |
| title_full_unstemmed | A note on internet use and the 2016 U.S. presidential election outcome. |
| title_short | A note on internet use and the 2016 U.S. presidential election outcome. |
| title_sort | note on internet use and the 2016 u s presidential election outcome |
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