Full Citation

Title: Proximity, Population, and Wealth: The Seahawk Stadium Referendum

Citation Type: Miscellaneous

Publication Year: 2012

ISBN:

ISSN:

DOI:

NSFID:

PMCID:

PMID:

Abstract: Direct inspection of data on the Seahawk Stadium referendum in the State of Washington, plus a precinct-level Group Logit model of the odds of voting yes in King County, support the use of Group Logit estimation for voting outcomes and offer challenges to previous work. Those living closest to the proposed stadium site were the least likely to vote yes while those within easy access, also higher income voters in the most populated precincts, were dramatically more likely to do so. The probability of voting yes for the referendum peaked at approximately 19.1 miles from the proposed site. The odds of voting yes were higher in precincts with higher population; home value; income; and with higher proportions of elderly, Hispanic, Asian, Black, and renters. The odds of voting yes were lower in precincts with higher proportions of both persons below the poverty line and white-collar workers. Proportion of the precinct population with a college degree did not impact the odds of yes-votes.

User Submitted?: No

Authors: Horn, Brady; Fort, Rodney; Cantor, Michael

Publisher: University of Michigan

Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS

Topics: Housing and Segregation, Other

Countries: