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  Do Campaign Visits Pay Off? Evidence from the 2016 Presidential Election
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Last EditedRP  Jun 26, 2020 11:57am
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AuthorAlan I. Abramowitz
News DateThursday, June 25, 2020 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0
Description— Trump campaigned more times in more states than Hillary Clinton in 2016.

— However, a regression analysis of the 2016 results does not show rallies having a significant impact on that election’s results.

— Campaigns may derive indirect benefits from rallies, though, such as voter contacts, press coverage, and donations. But there’s not much evidence to show that the number of rallies in a given state had an impact on the results.
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