摘要: |
This report analyzes local variations in voting on transportation referenda at the state and county level over 1998-2006 in five metropolitan areas (Fresno, Los Angeles and San Francisco/San Jose in California, along with Seattle, Washington, and Cincinnati, Ohio) to explore the sources of electrical support for transportation funding. The analysis employs several types of variation in voting patterns: (1) variations in support for successful ballot measures according to the ecological characteristics of communities; (2) comparison over time between results of successful and unsuccessful ballot measures in the same places; and (3) comparison of the comparison of the ecological correlations of voting between successful and unsuccessful referenda in different counties or states. |