A note on internet use and the 2016 US presidential election outcome

作者:Boxell Levi*; Gentzkow Matthew; Shapiro Jesse M
来源:PLos One, 2018, 13(7): e0199571.
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0199571

摘要

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.

  • 出版日期2018-7-18