Chapter Estimating the Effect of Voters' Media Awareness on the 2016 US Presidential Election

We examine whether voter media awareness of the 2016 US Presidential election campaign influenced the election using a logit model to estimate the probability that a voter with certain characteristics votes for one of the two candidates. Our results indicate that the more active voters were on socia...

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Main Author: Gallego, Maria (auth)
Other Authors: Dique, Lauren (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: InTechOpen 2019
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