The Impact of Voter Knowledge Initiatives in Sierra Leone
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• 40 polling centers were assigned to receive designed information, with 5 different interventions: individuals were shown the same debate as in other polling centers; individuals were shown a ‘getting to know you’ video of candidates; individuals listened to a radio recording of a journalist summarizing candidates policy positions; individuals participated in a ‘lab’ experiment where they were asked to rate candidates in other constituencies based on isolated media; and individuals were not shown any media.
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