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How health affects voter turnout: A research roundup

Chloe Reichel | October 29, 2018
People with chronic illnesses, mental health concerns, disabilities and the seasonal flu are less likely to vote.
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Elections

Door-to-door canvassing campaigns can sway voter decisions

Carmen Nobel | July 9, 2018
Door-to-door canvassing campaigns actually work to persuade voters and sway national election outcomes – even when they don’t encourage more people to show up to the polls.
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Combat deaths and voter turnout: Public opinion in democracies at war

David Trilling | November 2, 2016
People with little interest in politics vote more during violent wars, a 2016 study in the American Journal of Political Science finds. Overall, people vote less if there have been few recent war deaths.
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