Constitutionally Defining Marriage in a Non-Presidential Election Year : A Study of the Vote in Two States

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dc.contributor.authorRausch, John David, Jr.
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-23T18:04:35Z
dc.date.available2018-10-23T18:04:35Z
dc.date.issued2006-05
dc.descriptionPrepared for presentation at the 6th Annual State Politics and Policy Conference, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, May 19-20, 2006.en_US
dc.description.abstractIn 2004, voters in thirteen states approved amendments to their state constitutions defining marriage as involving one man and one woman. The process of states adding marriage definition amendments to their constitutions continued with voters in two states considering the issue in 2005. This paper examines the political context of the voting outcomes in those two states, Kansas and Texas. It analyzes the influence of religion on the county-level votes for the marriage definition amendments, controlling for various political, demographic, and socioeconomic variables. The analysis reveals that while religious affiliation was an important fact in the political environment, the relationship between support for marriage definition and the 2004 Republican presidential vote was more important. The analysis also exhibits evidence that counties with large African-American populations strongly supported marriage definition amendments.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11310/164
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectdirect democracy, constitution, state government, marriageen_US
dc.titleConstitutionally Defining Marriage in a Non-Presidential Election Year : A Study of the Vote in Two Statesen_US
dc.typePresentationen_US

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