The Role Of Partisanship In Selecting Ideal Communities

There has been much debate as to whether partisanship matters on the local level in the United States. This thesis specifically seeks to test whether partisanship plays a role in an individuals’ selection of their ideal communities. Using data from the Kinder Houston Area Survey from 1982–2013, this thesis tests the effect of partisan differences in willingness to pay for: maintaining current levels of local services, public schools, and access to healthcare. As well as, partisan differences in selecting policy areas of concern for the City of Houston, and partisan differences in feelings towards ethnic diversity. I examine whether residents are choosing their ideal communities based on a sense of self-interest or whether this determination is shaped by their partisanship.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A. in Political Science

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Political Science

Year dc:date.available

2016

Author dc:creator

• Butler, Kayla M.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Jonathan Winburn
• Conor Dowling
• Heather Ondercin

• Political Science

Repository record dc:identifier

https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/779

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:egrove.olemiss.edu:etd-1778