Getting out the vote : Experiments in voter mobilization among immigrants and natives in Norway

Abstract

This report describes the results of two sets of randomized Get-Out-the-Vote experiments, testing the effectiveness of mail mobilization appeals directed at immigrants as well as SMS text messages directed at both immigrants and native voters in Norway. The results show that GOTV mobilization drives among immigrant communities can be quite effective. The same is true for GOTV campaigns directed at another low turnout group: young voters. These results indicate that the mobilization tools used in the experiments could be employed to raise turnout in future Norwegian elections.

Velgermobilisering. Eksperimenter med tiltak for å øke valgdeltakelsen ved lokalvalget i 2015