How the roll out of BBC radio in the 1920s increased voter turnout in Britain
Yeandle, A.
(27 October 2021)
How the roll out of BBC radio in the 1920s increased voter turnout in Britain.
British Politics and Policy at LSE.
Alex Yeandle examines the geographically delimited roll out of BBC radio in England, which coincided with successive off-cycle general elections in the 1920s. He finds that the construction of a radio transmitter is associated with a 2% yearly increase in voter turnout at the constituency level.
| Item Type | Blog post |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2021 The Author |
| Departments | LSE |
| Date Deposited | 07 Jan 2022 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/112878 |