A study of the 1983 elections revealed that the higher a candidate's media exposure and the larger the amount of campaign literature distributed, the greater his or her chances of success.
政治大學教授陳世敏及陳義彥在民國七十二年增額立委選舉的一項調查研究中發現，見報率愈高、散發傳單數量愈多的候選人，當選的可能性也愈高。