Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Winter 2-2004
Journal / Book Title
The Journal of Politics
Abstract
This article presents evidence of name-order effects in balloting from a study of the 1998 Democratic primary in New York City, in which the order of candidates' names was rotated by precinct. In 71 of 79 individual nominating contests, candidates received a greater proportion of the vote when listed first than when listed in any other position. In seven of those 71 contests, the advantage to first position exceeded the winner's margin of victory, suggesting that ballot position would have determined the election outcomes if one candidate had held the top spot in all precincts.
DOI
10.1046/j.1468-2508.2004.00151.x
Journal ISSN / Book ISBN
0022-3816
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Koppell, Jonathan G.S. and Steen, Jennifer A., "The Effects of Ballot Position on Election Outcomes" (2004). Publications from President Jonathan G.S. Koppell. 10.
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Published Citation
Koppell, Jonathan GS, and Jennifer A. Steen. "The effects of ballot position on election outcomes." The Journal of Politics 66, no. 1 (2004): 267-281. Harvard
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