Replication Data for: Policy Deliberation and Voter Persuasion: Experimental Evidence from an Election in the Philippines

In a randomized experiment in cooperation with two national parties competing in a congressional election in the Philippines, we estimate the causal effect on voting behavior of a town-hall style campaign in which candidates discuss their campaign platform with small groups of citizens. Keeping the parties’ platform fixed, we find that town-hall meetings have a positive effect on parties’ vote shares compared to the status quo, in which voters play a passive role. Consistent with the parties’ advocacy for underprivileged groups, we observe heterogeneous effects by income, education and gender. Deliberative campaigns increase voters’ awareness on the issues parties campaign on, affecting the vote of the direct beneficiaries of the parties’ platform.

本研究与参与菲律宾国会选举的两个全国性政党合作开展随机对照实验，旨在评估市政厅式竞选活动对选民投票行为的因果效应。该类活动中，候选人会与小规模公民群体就其竞选纲领展开讨论。在维持政党竞选纲领不变的条件下，我们发现：相较于选民处于被动角色的常规竞选现状，市政厅会议能够显著提升政党的得票率。结合政党对弱势群体的倡导立场，我们观察到该活动的效果会因选民的收入水平、受教育程度与性别呈现异质性。这类协商式竞选活动能够提升选民对政党竞选议题的关注度，进而影响政党纲领直接惠及群体的投票选择。