Vertical Proximity Effects in the California Recall Election
The 2003 California recall election provides a unique opportunity to assess the impact of variations in ballot design and voting methods on the voting accuracy of citizens. Analysis of the results of the California Recall election demonstrates that candidates who were vertically adjacent to the top...
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Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project
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| description | The 2003 California recall election provides a unique opportunity to assess the impact of variations in ballot design and voting methods on the voting accuracy of citizens. Analysis of the results of the California Recall election demonstrates that candidates who were vertically adjacent to the top three vote getters received “extra” votes in the recall election – a vertical proximity effect. Combined, these ‘neighbor’ candidates received approximately 4 votes per thousand votes the top candidate received. The pattern is consistent across the candidates neighboring Schwarzenegger, Bustamante, and McClintock, and is noticeably higher for punch cards than for optical scan or touch
screen voting technologies. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/965452019-04-11T01:17:54Z Vertical Proximity Effects in the California Recall Election Sled, Sarah M. California recall Ballot order effects Ballot design Neighbor effects The 2003 California recall election provides a unique opportunity to assess the impact of variations in ballot design and voting methods on the voting accuracy of citizens. Analysis of the results of the California Recall election demonstrates that candidates who were vertically adjacent to the top three vote getters received “extra” votes in the recall election – a vertical proximity effect. Combined, these ‘neighbor’ candidates received approximately 4 votes per thousand votes the top candidate received. The pattern is consistent across the candidates neighboring Schwarzenegger, Bustamante, and McClintock, and is noticeably higher for punch cards than for optical scan or touch screen voting technologies. 2015-04-14T16:48:02Z 2015-04-14T16:48:02Z 2003-10-27 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96545 en_US VTP Working Paper Series;8 application/pdf Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project |
| spellingShingle | California recall Ballot order effects Ballot design Neighbor effects Sled, Sarah M. Vertical Proximity Effects in the California Recall Election |
| title | Vertical Proximity Effects in the California Recall Election |
| title_full | Vertical Proximity Effects in the California Recall Election |
| title_fullStr | Vertical Proximity Effects in the California Recall Election |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vertical Proximity Effects in the California Recall Election |
| title_short | Vertical Proximity Effects in the California Recall Election |
| title_sort | vertical proximity effects in the california recall election |
| topic | California recall Ballot order effects Ballot design Neighbor effects |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96545 |
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