In this paper we test if there are individual-level educative effects of ballot measures over the course of a single campaign season. We theorize that the existence of "state-specific issue publics" may be the causal mechanism underlying the educative process of direct democracy during an ...
helping drive the state’s leftward shift. These voters are clustered in the northern part of Virginia, in D.C. suburbs like Loudoun County—where David Reid won his state house race in November—and bordering Fairfax County, where a third of the state’...
If they do try to change the law, it would strike me as an overreaction to a sample size of one. Galen DrukeJan. 5, 10:24 pm Nathaniel, that take reminds me of the Texas legislature’s move to get rid of straight-ticket voting once Democrats become competitive in the state. So, ...
There are other problems with this kind of reporting. Under the sub-heading “Utah is most uncertain state,” the reader finds–that Utah is still solidly GOP, even with a locally popular Libertarian on the ballot siphoning away red votes. Maybe the problem is with the headings. But the bi...
The money available through the initiative, "is much greater than what the state has been allocating," said Mo McBroom, of The Nature Conservancy, which was involved in the drafting of the ballot measure, and with $1.2 million in cash and in-kind contributions, also ranks as the biggest fi...
rejects the May 19 ballot measures, as doCalitics. But he completely and totally misreads the issues facing the legislature, the structural constraints upon them, and the solutions necessary to move the state forward. Showing himself to know nothing about California, maybe Will should stick tolyin...
If they do try to change the law, it would strike me as an overreaction to a sample size of one. Galen DrukeJan. 5, 10:24 pm Nathaniel, that take reminds me of the Texas legislature’s move to get rid of straight-ticket voting once Democrats become competitive in the state. So, ...