ATTACK ADS AND VOTER TURNOUT

¡Supera tus tareas y exámenes ahora con Quizwiz!

3 possible reasons suggested for negative ads decreasing turnout

-discourage supporters of attacked candidate -make public disenchanted with both candidates -decrease civic duty and perceived legitimacy of election process

current literature on attack ads and voter turnout:

mixed results; not entirely certain of decrease

what are attack ads?

political ads that primarily concentrate on the flaws of a candidate's opponent rather than the strengths of a candidate

Ansolabehere and Iyengar categorized tone of elections as positive, negative or mixed and voter turnout: results

positive: 57% turnout mixed: 52.4% turnout negative: 49.7% turnout -statistically significant


Conjuntos de estudio relacionados

14.4.2 Module 14 Common Threats and Attacks Quiz

View Set

Social Studies: Unit 4 Assessment

View Set

PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICE EXAM EVOLVE HESI QUESTIONS

View Set