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AN ANALYSIS OF THE 1990–1992 TERM LIMITATION ELECTIONS
Author(s) -
Boeckelman Keith A.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
southeastern political review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1747-1346
pISSN - 0730-2177
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-1346.1994.tb00340.x
Subject(s) - distrust , term (time) , framing (construction) , alienation , presidential system , political science , political economy , public administration , demographic economics , economics , law , politics , geography , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics
This paper examines 18 statewide term‐limitation elections held between 1990 and 1992 in 16 states. Three basic explanations of the term‐limit vote are considered: partisanship, race, and alienation. The results suggest that whites are more likely to support term limits than minorities, and Republicans are more likely to do so than Democrats. Measures of alienation yielded mixed results. An income‐based measure of the concept was inconclusive. Nevertheless, a connection between the constituencies of the term‐limitation movement and Ross Perot's presidential bid is apparent. The results also reveal that media framing of the term‐limitation issue may have affected the outcome in the early term‐limitation elections by intensifying voters' distrust of government institutions.