Presidential Voting and the Local Economy: Evidence from Two Population-Based Data Sets.

We show that standard economic measures based on samples and richer newly available ones based on populations lead to different conclusions about democratic accountability. Previous research, which has primarily relied on sample-based measures, has mostly missed an important determinant of president...

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Publicado en:Journal of Politics Vol. 79; no. 4; pp. 1419 - 1433
Autores principales: Healy, Andrew, Lenz, Gabriel S.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: University of Chicago Press Oct2017
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          Lenz, Gabriel S.
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          Loyola Marymount University
          University of California, Berkeley
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        California
        United States
        Voting research
        Cities & towns
        Economic history
        United States presidential elections
        Personal loans
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          United States
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      ab: We show that standard economic measures based on samples and richer newly available ones based on populations lead to different conclusions about democratic accountability. Previous research, which has primarily relied on sample-based measures, has mostly missed an important determinant of presidential election outcomes: the local economy. We detect the local economy's impact with two unique data sets, one of which includes data on all consumer loans made in California and the other a census of businesses. In contrast to measures subject to sampling error, these population-based measures indicate that economic conditions at the ZIP code and county level have an impact on presidential election outcomes. Presidents therefore face incentives to focus on electorally important geographic regions.
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