Health Care-Led Get-Out-the-Vote Efforts as Treatments for Public Health and Democracy.

Kelly Hunter¹, Michael E Shepherd¹, Hilary J Izatt¹, Zoe C Walker¹, Katherine McCabe¹, Daniel Nielson¹, Eve Bryner¹, Wylie Chang¹, Alister Martin¹

¹Kelly Hunter is with the Department of Political Science at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. Michael E. Shepherd is with the School of Public Health, Department of Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Hilary J. Izatt is with the Department of Political Science at the State University of New York, Binghamton. Zoe C. Walker is with the Department of Political Science at the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. Katherine McCabe is with the Department of Political Science at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Daniel Nielson is with the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. Eve Bryner is an undergraduate student at American University, Washington, DC. Wylie Chang is with A Healthier Democracy, Boston, MA. Alister Martin is with Harvard Medical School and A Healthier Democracy, Boston.

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Abstract

Democratic responsiveness can promote healthier populations. Expanding the electorate by increasing political participation in new and underrepresented voters is one way to bolster both democratic responsiveness and, in the process, public health and population health. In this analytic essay, we argue that health care-based get-out-the-vote efforts can reach new and underrepresented voters. We con…

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