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Mobilizing Asian American Voters: A Field Experiment
Janelle S. Wong
Department of Political Science and the Program in American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California
This study examines the effects of mobilization on political participation among Asian Americans. It focuses on whether telephone calls and mail increase voter turnout among Asian Americans who live in high-density Asian American areas in Los Angeles County. Prior to the November 5, 2002, elections, a randomized voter mobilization field experiment was conducted. Lists of registered Asian Americans (Chinese, Korean, Indian, Filipino, and Japanese) were randomly assigned to treatment and control groups. A few days before Election Day, the treatment group received a phone call or postcard encouraging them to vote. After the election, voter turnout records were reviewed to compare turnout rates for the treatment and control groups. Multivariate analysis shows that telephone calls and mail increase voter turnout for Asian Americans.
Key Words: mobilization • Asian Americans • field experiment • get out the vote • voting participation
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The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 601, No. 1,
102-114 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0002716205278450
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