Voting for president in the U.S.–Mexico border region

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• 作者：Richard V. Adkisson ; ^a ; ^{radkisso@nmsu.edu"" rel=""nofollow} ; Eduardo Saucedo¹ ; ^a ; ^{eduardo2@nmsu.edu"" rel=""nofollow} [Author vitae]
• 关键词：U.S.– ; Mexico border ; Presidential elections ; Voting models
• 刊名：The Social Science Journals
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：June 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：48
• 期：2
• 页码：273-282
• 全文大小：196 K

文摘

Reasoning that life in the U.S.–Mexico border region is sufficiently different from life in non-border regions this paper asks whether proximity to the border has a significant impact on presidential voting. County level data from four border states, California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, over five presidential elections, 1992–2008, are examined using a both cross-sectional and panel data analysis. The authors conclude that there is a border effect that favors Democratic candidates and that fades as distance from the border increases.