A note on internet use and the 2016 U.S. presidential election outcome

2018/07/18 by Levi Boxell, Matthew Gentzkow, Jesse M. Shapiro · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Business #Computer science #Economics #Internet privacy #Internet users #Law #Media Influence and Politics #Misinformation and Its Impacts #National election #Outcome (game theory) #Political science #Politics #Presidential election #Social Media and Politics #The Internet #World Wide Web

paper · pdf · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0199571

openalex publication_date 2018/07/18 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06

Abstract

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.

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