NDLI: Patriotism, pigskins, and politics: an empirical examination of expressive behavior and voting

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Author	Laband, David N. Pandit, Ram Sophocleus, John P. Laband, Anne M.
Copyright Year	2008
Abstract	In this paper we use data collected from nearly 4,000 single-family residences in Auburn, Alabama to investigate empirically whether specific political expressiveness (displaying a candidate’s election sign in one’s yard), general socio-political expressiveness (flying an American flag on either Memorial Day or Independence Day), or non-political expressiveness (displaying support for Auburn University’s football team outside one’s home) is related to the likelihood that at least one resident voted in the national/state/local elections held November 7, 2006. Controlling for the assessed value of the property and length of residential ownership, we find strong evidence that all three measures of expressive behavior are statistically significant predictors of a greater likelihood of voting than occurred at residences showing no evidence of these expressive behaviors. These findings suggest that voting may be more completely understood not as politically-expressive behavior but, rather, as a generally expressive tendency that happens on occasion to be manifested in a political context. That is, an understanding of why some people vote and others do not may require an understanding of why some individuals are more expressive (generally speaking) than others.
Starting Page	97
Ending Page	108
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00485829
Journal	Public Choice
Volume Number	138
Issue Number	1-2
e-ISSN	15737101
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2008-07-30
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Expressive behavior Voting Political expressiveness Political Science Public Finance & Economics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Sociology and Political Science Economics and Econometrics

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