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Donovan, Todd., Tolbert, Caroline. and Smith, Daniel. "Do State-Level Ballot Measures Affect Presidential Elections? Gay Marriage and the 2004 Election" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott Wardman Park, Omni Shoreham, Washington Hilton, Washington, DC, Sep 01, 2005 <Not Available>. 2008-10-09 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p41562_index.html>

Donovan, T. , Tolbert, C. J. and Smith, D. , 2005-09-01 "Do State-Level Ballot Measures Affect Presidential Elections? Gay Marriage and the 2004 Election" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott Wardman Park, Omni Shoreham, Washington Hilton, Washington, DC Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2008-10-09 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p41562_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: This study draws from agenda-setting and voter mobilization theories to develop hypotheses about how state-level ballot measures affected vote choice in the 2004 presidential election. We find that the gay marriage ballot measures affected the 2004 issue agenda and had both direct and conditional effects on Bush support. Nationally, gay marriage was more likely to be cited as an issue used to evaluate candidates by residents of states with marriage ban propositions, and respondents concerned about gay marriage and residing in state with the issue on the ballot were 20 percent more likely to vote for Bush, all else equal. The effect of the gay marriage bans were large and substantively significant compared to other issue concerns in the presidential election, swamping the effect of the economy and rivaling that of the Iraq war. We also find that the ballot measures appear to have mobilized turnout of voters supporting the gay marriage ban in Ohio and Arkansas, and that voters motivated to turnout by ballot measures in these states were significantly more likely to vote for Bush. The research is among the first to show that state ballot propositions can affect national candidate elections.

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