Mass shootings increase local voter turnout but do not shift presidential choices

Mass shootings are associated with increased local voter turnout but do not change presidential vote choices, showing that exposure to gun violence mobilizes voters locally without producing broader shifts in national electoral outcomes.

Mass shootings increase local voter turnout but do not shift presidential choices

A study combining data on mass shootings in the U.S. from the Gun Violence Archive with information about voter turnout found that mass shootings mobilize local voters, but do not shift presidential vote choices. This was particularly notable in heavily Democratic areas. The research was published in Science Advances. Mass shootings are incidents in which multiple people are shot in a single event. They often happen in public spaces such as scho…