Study author, David Primo, Professor of political science and business administration, argued that the States 24 which allows voters to cast their votes directly on policy issues, contributions and expenditures have little effect on the electorate’s knowledge at the margin.
Voters then randomly assigned to three different groups: A, B or C. After the members presented a voting issue in Group A, they were allowed to vote Yes, no or not sure. After voting presentations, group b and c are given the opportunity to perform additional research and take as much time as is necessary prior to the vote. This additional information includes a 10-newspaper articles, guides and voter two ads. Group c has the option to view all materials are available for Group B plus two additional newspaper articles include information that journalists are almost certainly obtained through campaign finance disclosure (by number of contributions or expenditures). In total, one-sixth of the articles in the Group c related disclosure, a much higher proportion than in typical campaign