Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
2025
Department
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
Abstract
We investigate individual voter determinants of support for school bond referendums and compare differences in support between local and statewide measures using exit polls. Results suggest that there is a yawning partisan gap in support and being a Democrat is the largest determinant of support for both local and statewide referendums. Further, we find evidence that wealthy and middle-aged voters are more likely to approve local bonds compared to statewide measures, which we attribute to the saliency of costs and direct benefits to families associated with local measures.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Applied Economics Letters
Volume
33
Issue
12
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Lang, C., & VanCeylon, J. (2026). Individual voter determinants of school bond approval: evidence from exit polls. Applied Economics Letters, 33(12), 2063–2067. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2025.2462719
Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2025.2462719
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