@article{ref1,
title="Assaults on days of campaign rallies during the 2016 US presidential election",
journal="Epidemiology",
year="2018",
author="Morrison, Christopher N. and Ukert, Benjamin and Palumbo, Aimee and Dong, Beidi and Jacoby, Sara F. and Wiebe, Douglas J.",
volume="29",
number="4",
pages="490-493",
abstract="AIM: This study investigates whether assault frequency increased on days and in cities where candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton held campaign rallies prior to the 2016 US Presidential election. <br><br>METHOD: We calculated city-level counts of police-reported assaults for 31 rallies for Donald Trump and 38 rallies for Hillary Clinton. Negative binomial models estimated the assault incidence on rally days (Day 0) relative to that on 8 control days for the same city (Days -28, -21, -14, -7, +7, +14, +21, and +28). <br><br>RESULTS: Cities experienced an increase in assaults (Incidence Rate Ratio [IRR]=1.12, 95%CI: 1.03-1.22) on the days of Donald Trump's rallies, and no change in assaults on the days of Hillary Clinton's rallies (IRR=1.00, 95%CI: 0.94-1.06). <br><br>CONCLUSION: Assaults increased on days when cities hosted Donald Trump's rallies during the 2016 Presidential election campaign.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1044-3983",
doi="10.1097/EDE.0000000000000821",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/EDE.0000000000000821"
}