A note on internet use and the 2016 U.S. presidential election outcome

We use data from the American National Election Studies from 1996 to 2016 to study the role of the internet in the 2016 U.S. presidential election outcome. We compare trends in the Republican share of the vote between likely and unlikely internet users, and between actual internet users and non-user...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Boxell, Levi, Gentzkow, Matthew, Shapiro, Jesse M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6051565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30020953
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199571
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Sumario:We use data from the American National Election Studies from 1996 to 2016 to study the role of the internet in the 2016 U.S. presidential election outcome. We compare trends in the Republican share of the vote between likely and unlikely internet users, and between actual internet users and non-users. Relative to prior years, the Republican share of the vote in 2016 was as high or higher among the groups least active online.

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