TY - JOUR
T1 - VOTING ON GROWTH CONTROL MEASURES
T2 - PREFERENCES AND STRATEGIES
AU - DUBIN, JEFFREY A.
AU - KIEWIET, D. RODERICK
AU - NOUSSAIR, CHARLES
PY - 1992/7
Y1 - 1992/7
N2 - Citizens of many California cities and counties have sought to restrict the rate of population growth in their localities. In 1988, Citizens for Limited Growth used the initiative process to place a pair of growth control measures on the ballot in the City and County of San Diego, respectively. The City Council and Board of Supervisors responded by placing less stringent, competing measures on the same ballot. This paper analyzes voting data from this election to examine the nature of support for such measures. We find strong support for the hypotheses that whites, homeowners, liberal/environmentalists, and those exposed to high levels of traffic congestion are more likely to favor growth controls. This paper also investigates the behavior of voters when they confront competing propositions concerning the same issue on the same ballot, and finds strong evidence of strategic voting.
AB - Citizens of many California cities and counties have sought to restrict the rate of population growth in their localities. In 1988, Citizens for Limited Growth used the initiative process to place a pair of growth control measures on the ballot in the City and County of San Diego, respectively. The City Council and Board of Supervisors responded by placing less stringent, competing measures on the same ballot. This paper analyzes voting data from this election to examine the nature of support for such measures. We find strong support for the hypotheses that whites, homeowners, liberal/environmentalists, and those exposed to high levels of traffic congestion are more likely to favor growth controls. This paper also investigates the behavior of voters when they confront competing propositions concerning the same issue on the same ballot, and finds strong evidence of strategic voting.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1468-0343.1992.tb00062.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1468-0343.1992.tb00062.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84984423725
SN - 0954-1985
VL - 4
SP - 191
EP - 213
JO - Economics and Politics
JF - Economics and Politics
IS - 2
ER -