Replication Data for: Hometown Advantage: Voter Preferences for Community Embeddedness in Local Contests" (doi:10.7910/DVN/PPMGWL)

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Citation

Title:

Replication Data for: Hometown Advantage: Voter Preferences for Community Embeddedness in Local Contests"

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/PPMGWL

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Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2024-09-26

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Bibliographic Citation:

Ornstein, Joseph T., 2024, "Replication Data for: Hometown Advantage: Voter Preferences for Community Embeddedness in Local Contests"", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/PPMGWL, Harvard Dataverse, V1

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Replication Data for: Hometown Advantage: Voter Preferences for Community Embeddedness in Local Contests"

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/PPMGWL

Authoring Entity:

Ornstein, Joseph T. (University of Georgia)

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Access Authority:

Ornstein, Joseph T.

Depositor:

Ornstein, Joseph T.

Date of Deposit:

2024-08-15

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/PPMGWL

Study Scope

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Social Sciences, local politics, conjoint survey experiment

Abstract:

Every year, Americans elect hundreds of thousands of candidates to local public office, typically in low-attention, nonpartisan races. How do voters evaluate candidates in these sorts of elections? Previous research suggests that, absent party cues, voters rely on a set of heuristic shortcuts—including the candidate’s name, profession, and interest group endorsements—to decide whom to support. In this paper, we suggest that community embeddedness—a candidate’s roots and ties to the community—is particularly salient in these local contests. We present evidence from a conjoint survey experiment on a nationally representative sample of American voters. We estimate the marginal effect on vote share of candidate attributes such as gender, race, age, profession, interest group endorsements, and signals of community embeddedness— specifically homeownership and residency duration. We find that voters, regardless of political party, have strong preferences for community embeddedness. Strikingly, the magnitude of the residency duration effect rivals that of prior political experience.

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