ABSTRACT Scholars are generally aware of a lack of citizen knowledge about politics in the United States. One commonly suggested remedy is the production of nonpartisan voter guides to provide voters a simple and low-cost information source to help inform voters. One of the more significant variations across states is whether the voter guide is provided in a hard-copy format or distributed on the internet. This paper explores the results of a randomized controlled trial comparing a group of registered voters in Utah who received a hard-copy of a paper voter guide against a group registered voters who received a postcard inviting them to view their voter guide online. Results show few statistically significant differences between the paper guide group and the postcard group in knowledge and turnout, and those that are observed slightly favor the postcard/online group.

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电子vs纸票选民指南和公民知识：随机对照试验

摘要学者们普遍意识到，美国缺乏公民对政治的知识。普遍建议的一种补救措施是制作无党派选民指南，以向选民提供简单且低成本的信息来源，以帮助告知选民。州之间最重要的变化之一是选民指南是以硬拷贝格式提供还是在Internet上分发。本文探讨了一项随机对照试验的结果，该试验比较了在犹他州收到纸质选民指南纸质版的一组登记选民与一组收到明信片邀请他们在线观看选民指南的明信片上的选民指南。结果显示，纸质指南组和明信片组之间在知识和投票率上几乎没有统计学上的显着差异，