Data Visualization Final: 2014 North Carolina Early Voting Experiment

Introduction

– Early Voting Experiment in North Carolina Counties

• Goal: Find ways to Increase Turnout in the US

– Treatment Letter

– Polling Place Accesibility

Questions

• Will the treatment letter increase turnout during the early voting period?

• Will the treatment letter be more effective among certain age groups?

• Wil the treatment letter be more effective among certain demographic groups?

• Will the treatment letter only be effective if the poll places are in close proximity to the voters?

• Will better polling place accessibility affect turnout?

• Will polling place accessibility disproportionally affect certain demographic groups?

Warnings about our data

– Small counties create higher error

– A fraction of a percentage point is a big difference in Politics!!!

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