Reviews for Get out the Vote: A Guide for Candidates and Campaigns

The average rating for Get out the Vote: A Guide for Candidates and Campaigns based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-02-27 00:00:00 David Luck No wonder political campaigns are so expensive. Much of what they do has no real effect on voting and sometimes even a negative effect on turnout. Worse yet, people have hardly bothered to study it scientifically and instead rely on anecdotes and what they think "should" work. Going to make me even more annoyed next time I get a robocall...

Review # 2 was written on 2007-07-13 00:00:00 Jacky Pearson This is the first book I've seen about voter mobilization written by social scientists, rather than political consultants. They present their results of controlled, randomized experiments in determining the effect of canvassing, lit dropping, phone banking (and robo-calling), and direct mail on voter turnout. The one criticism I have is that in some cases they seem to jump to some conclusions based on small amounts of evidence, including results that I really have a hard time believing (ie, there is no compouded effect by using different methods). The major conclusions, though, appear sound to me, such as the range of effectiveness that can be expected from canvassing or any other technique alone. Overall, a book that I will be going back to for some projects, and one that would be useful for anyone working on political campaigns.