Does turnout matter?

dc.contributor.author	Rausch, Mary Scanlon
dc.contributor.author	Rausch, John David, Jr.
dc.date.accessioned	2018-10-03T01:07:32Z
dc.date.available	2018-10-03T01:07:32Z
dc.date.issued	2016-09-01
dc.description	Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association (Philadelphia, Pa. : Sept. 1-4, 2016)	en_US
dc.description.abstract	This paper examines the 2015 vote on a non-binding referendum on a portion of the program of downtown redevelopment in Amarillo, Texas. Despite early polls indicating that the referendum would be easy defeated, Amarillo voters approved building a multi-purpose event center (MPEV) as part of a wave of downtown redevelopment. The analysis considers the reasons why the referendum was approved despite the vocal opposition to it. We find that voter turnout played a significant role in the referendum’s approval. We also find that a professional campaign can win an election that seems lost at the beginning.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/11310/162
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	turnout, referendum, campaign, MPEV, Amarillo	en_US
dc.title	Does turnout matter?	en_US
dc.title.alternative	An examination of a non-binding referendum in Amarillo, Texas	en_US
dc.type	Presentation	en_US

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