Kobach claims that voter ID laws had little, or possibly a positive, effect on turnout in the state.
(It is ranked above even death when Americans are polled about their worst fears, which suggests that at a funeral many would rather be the guy in the casket than the guy giving the eulogy!) A large audience can be perceived as threatening (a chance to embarrass yourself in front of many people) or reinterpreted in a positive way (the turnout shows that people value your viewpoint).
"We feel very positive about the turnout we're seeing, getting people signing up to caucus," he told reporters after a town hall in Johnston on Saturday.
Ultimately, most advertising, whether negative or positive, doesn't affect turnout much.
But they say that populists in government can also have a modest, positive effect on voter turnout and dignify forgotten sectors of the population.
New research on the impact of get-out-the-vote text messages sent to nearly two million potential Kenyan voters in the lead-up to the nation's 2013 national elections found that texts have a measurable, if small, positive effect on voter turnout.
But the other problem is that Mrs. Clinton under-performed in almost every category where she needed both a turnout and positive margin over Mr. Trump.
VIDEO: Watch now The campaign recorded a huge turnout, a positive sign in light of the country's recent 'twin disaster' – a cholera epidemic heightened by a collapse in both the health and social services sectors.
Research has shown that this kind of "social pressure" can positively affect voter turnout, Mitchell said, in the same way "I Voted" stickers can serve as positive reinforcement.
Speaker after speaker praised the high-turnout and positive campaign in front of the large crowd.
