Replication Data for: Is Voting Habit Forming? New Evidence from Experiments and Regression Discontinuities

Field experiments and regression discontinuity designs test whether voting is habit forming by examining whether a random shock to turnout in one election affects participation in subsequent elections. We contribute to this literature by offering a vast amount of new statistical evidence on the long-term consequences of random and quasi-random inducements to vote. The behavior of millions of voters confirms the persistence of voter turnout and calls attention to theoretically meaningful nuances in the development and expression of voting habits. We suggest that individuals become habituated to voting in particular types of elections. The degree of persistence appears to vary by electoral context and by the attributes of those who comply with an initial inducement to vote.本研究借助实地实验（field experiments）与断点回归设计（regression discontinuity designs），通过考察单次选举中投票率的随机冲击是否会影响后续选举的选民参与率，检验投票行为是否具备习惯养成属性。针对随机与准随机投票激励的长期影响，我们提供了海量全新的统计证据，为该研究领域补充了新的成果。数百万选民的投票行为证实了选民投票率的持续性，并凸显出投票习惯的形成与表现中存在具有理论价值的细微差异。我们提出，选民会对特定类型的选举形成投票习惯。这种持续性的程度似乎会因选举场景以及接受初始投票激励的选民的个体特征而异。