Home affordability, female marriage rates and vote choice in the 2000 US presidential election
Evidence from US counties
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6316478 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George Hawley (0000-0003-0489-9730, University of Houston, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 771-789 |
| Publication date | 2012-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Party Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1354-0688 • E-ISSN: 1460-3683 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1354068810389641 |
| OpenAlex | W2010313884 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 24 |
This article tests the hypothesis that differences in the housing market can partially explain why some American counties are strongly Republican and others strongly Democratic, and that this phenomenon can be largely attributed to the relationship between home values and marriage rates within counties. Specifically, I test the hypothesis that, in the 2000 election, George W. Bush did comparatively better in counties with relatively affordable single-family homes, even when controlling for other economic, demographic and regional variables. Using county-level data, I test this hypothesis using spatial-lag regression models, and provide further evidence using individual-level survey data. My results indicate a statistically significant relationship between Bush’s percentage of the vote at the county level and the median value of owner-occupied homes, and that at least part of this is explained by the relationship between home values and marriage rates among young women
Democracy · Demographic economics · Economics · Political science · Politics · Presidential election · Presidential system · Sociology · Statistics · Survey data collection · Test (biology · Value (mathematics · Voting · Demography · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Housing Market and Economics · Law · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |