Can you raise electoral registration with social media ads?
Researchers have tested out when rates of electoral registration can be increased by running social media adverts. … Read the full post »
Florian Foos
Read my posts featuring the work of political scientist Florian Foos, who specialises in field experiments testing out campaign tactics.
What do over 500 field experiments tell us works for getting people out to vote?
Florian Foos has worked with eight different political parties in five different countries carrying out field experiments to test what does and doesn’t work in election campaigning. So I invited him on Never Mind The Bar Charts to talk about what both his research and that of others reveals. … Read the full post »
Text messages raise turnout… if they are from the local council
Welcome to the latest in my occasional series highlighting interesting findings from academic research. Today – whether text messaging can raise electoral registration and turnout. … Read the full post »
What do the academics say? Handwritten letters work
A field experiment by Florian Foos with the Labour Party in Southampton found that handwritten target letters were effective at winning votes for the party. … Read the full post »
Does canvassing work?
Data from field experiments in Southampton by Florian Foos shows what the impact of canvassing on voters is. … Read the full post »