Voting at Home Is Associated with Lower Cortisol than Voting at the Polls.
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SUBMITTER: Neiman J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4559449 | biostudies-literature | 2015
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Voting at Home Is Associated with Lower Cortisol than Voting at the Polls.
Neiman Jayme J Giuseffi Karl K Smith Kevin K French Jeffrey J Waismel-Manor Israel I Hibbing John J
PloS one 20150903 9
Previous research finds that voting is a socially stressful activity associated with increases in cortisol levels. Here we extend this research by investigating whether different voting modalities have differential effects on the stress response to voting. Results from a field experiment conducted during the 2012 presidential elections strongly suggest that traditional "at the polls" voting is more stressful, as measured by increases in cortisol levels, than voting at home by mail-in ballot or e ...[more]
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