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Get Out the Vote!: How to Increase Voter Turnout 1st Edition

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  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Brookings Institution Press; 1st edition (March 24, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0815732694
  • ISBN-13: 978-0815732693
  • Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.4 x 9.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe first real measurement of what works in GOTV
By Warrior Fan on April 30, 2004
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Donald Green and Alan Gerber have done something that political professionals have failed to do. They have actually measured what works and does not work in GOTV. The results are sobering, enlightening and, above all, invaluable to any campaign manager who wants to get the most from his campaign dollars.
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4.0 out of 5 starsInvaluable book for campaign workers
By D. Lowrie on July 27, 2006
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This book is very important for campaign workers for the simple reason that it provides statistical proof of "common sense" assumptions about campaigning. Perhaps more importantly, it also demonstrates to first time candidates & campaign workers that some highly-touted gimmicks DON'T work and are a waste of money. It seems to me well worth the price of the book to know how not to waste a campaign's time & money.
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5.0 out of 5 starsMust read for political campaigns
By SSG Cedar on October 12, 2015
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This is the third edition of the most detailed book on Get Out the Vote (GOTV). The authors have been conducting research on how to get voters to go to the polls to vote for some time. They also summarize and report on the research of others. Some of the research is very large scale with millions in the experimental group. The new edition updates the cost of a vote using different GOTV methods. It also covers newer methods like social media.
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3.0 out of 5 starsGetting People to the Polls Takes Effort
By Amazon Customer on October 23, 2004
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Surprising conclusions...except, not really.

It is good that some of this stuff has worked out, but a lot of it could be articulated by most people who spend time on GOTV. Political contact works better the more it is like a face-to-face conversation about information relevant to the person's life.

Hence, door-to-door canvassing is the most effective. Not surprising.

Phones come in second. Not surprising.

The more conversational and informational the phone call is, the more effective is. Still not surprising.

But this book is also a somewhat daunting reminder of just how difficult a good GOTV effort is. Virtually every one of their models pans out to about one additional voter for every hour of voter contact. Boy am I looking forward to next weekend.
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5.0 out of 5 starsInvaluable for any campaign
By Ricardo Koster on May 17, 2010
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This book should be mandatory reading for anybody planning or executing a campaign. It spells the latest scientific observations on what moves or does not move the electorate during the get out the vote period. I am using this data for my race for County Commissioner and for political planning in general.
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5.0 out of 5 stars... a doctoral candidate and must say this is the best empirically sound and useful book I have come across ...
By Patrick Bailey on December 17, 2015
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I am a doctoral candidate and must say this is the best empirically sound and useful book I have come across for running a campaign. I have read 8 books in the last month and none is comparative to this one.

The fact the authors are consistently empirical go beyond all the other books that show how to do things but not that they "work".

The only problem I had with the book was not any fault to the authors. I am upset that nothing works. I mean, virtually every method of campaigning is emprically and scientifically worthless as far as increasing turnout. I beleive this is because communities are becoming more and more antisocial.

Also, the primary focus is in gotv but that should not be completely correlated towards persuasion efforts by candidates to earn votes.

I woukd love to see this type of book regarding what works in persuading voters who are loyal or "saints" to the party. For example, what persuades the 6 for 6 voters in a Republican primary where a garuanteed number of voters will show up. Therefore, the gotv is not needed but instead persuasion is all that is relevant because party voters are guaranteed to vote.

What persuades saint voters to vote in a primary against two or more same party candidates?
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4.0 out of 5 starsWhat took so long?
By MC on July 4, 2013
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Should be required reading in every Poli Sci undergraduate program. This work reports the groundbreaking research the authors did into the comparative efficacy of various campaigning techniques in local elections. Which was, shockingly to me at the time, a novel approach. I couldn't believe it had taken quite so long to apply the scientific method to the problem of collecting and publishing reliable and generalizable data on campaigning.
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5.0 out of 5 starsInteresting Data
By M. Spitzer-Rubenstein on July 14, 2008
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If you've worked in politics, especially field, there aren't any revelations. It's pretty straight-forward, proving common sense (reaching out to neglected voters is more effective than talking to voters who've already been contacted, canvassing beats calling beats mailing, etc), but the data is fascinating and their analysis is spot-on.
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Great reference if you are working on getting your community out to make a difference

Published 17 months ago by Petunia D
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For anyone who works in politics, this book is an invaluable guide. I printed off a copy of the table summarizing each form of voter contact's efficacy and kept it handy... Read more

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Published on April 21, 2014 by Jan Herzog
5.0 out of 5 starsUltimate book on GOTV

Green's book is the best source of information on how to get out the vote that I have found. I have bought multiple copies (paper and electronic) and give it to political... Read more

Published on February 26, 2014 by SSG Cedar
4.0 out of 5 starsA read for all Campaign Managers

Great Scientific campaign research...A read for all Campaign Managers. There is finally scientific proof on what works and what doesn't work in increasing voter turnout.

Published on November 14, 2013 by Ferdo
5.0 out of 5 starsRequired reading for campaigns

This book has been my bible for the past year in creating and managing a county-wide GOTV program. Indispensable for understanding what works and what doesn't and for recalibrating... Read more

Published on November 19, 2012 by BBChurch
4.0 out of 5 starsPleased with book

To my knowledge, this book is unique in that it reports on scientific survey designs which lead to conclusions about the effectiveness of a variety of techniques.

Published on November 13, 2012 by Eugene J. Cafarelli
5.0 out of 5 starsA Campaign Workers' Must Read .. Obama's Key to Victory

I am a 60 something Campaign Worker that has been at it since Students for Nixon 68, and have worked in both Marketing and Management since then. Read more

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