Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1994
Abstract
This study uses opinion data to assess the basis of public support for California's term limit initiative (Proposition 140). We test if support was higher among members of demographic groups under-represented in the state's legislature, if support displays a partisan bias, and if campaign contacts are associated with opinions. Ethnic and racial characteristics display little association with support; however women and younger voters were more supportive. Partisanship and campaign effects appear to have played an important role in shaping support for the initiative.
Publication Title
The Journal of Politics
Volume
56
Issue
2
First Page
492
Last Page
501
Required Publisher's Statement
Published by: Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Southern Political Science Association
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2132150
Recommended Citation
Donovan, Todd and Snipp, Joseph R., "Support for Legislative Term Limitations in California – Group Representation, Partisanship, and Campaign Information" (1994). Political Science Faculty Publications. 16.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/politicalscience_facpubs/16
Subjects - Topical (LCSH)
Term limits (Public office)--California; Demography--California; Referendum--California
Geographic Coverage
California
Genre/Form
articles
Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
