TY - JOUR
T1 - Voting in a Pandemic
T2 - Explaining Variation in Support for Absentee Ballots for All
AU - Dominguez, Melanie Sayuri
AU - Vargas, Edward D.
AU - Sanchez, Gabriel R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Author(s).
PY - 2020/12
Y1 - 2020/12
N2 - The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed all aspects of American life, including, for many, how we vote. We explore the question of who supports unrestricted absentee ballots during a pandemic. We argue that women are more likely to support absentee ballots because they allow for greater flexibility and minimize the potential for exposure. We test this theory using the National Panel Study of COVID-19 (n = 1,892), which asked respondents about their preferences for absentee ballots, their worry about the coronavirus, and their household composition. Using multinomial logistic regressions, we find that women are more likely to support allowing absentee ballots compared with more restrictive voting options and are more likely to say they support absentee ballots for all if they know someone who has contracted COVID-19. The policy implications for these findings are discussed along with other sociodemographic indicators in our analysis.
AB - The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed all aspects of American life, including, for many, how we vote. We explore the question of who supports unrestricted absentee ballots during a pandemic. We argue that women are more likely to support absentee ballots because they allow for greater flexibility and minimize the potential for exposure. We test this theory using the National Panel Study of COVID-19 (n = 1,892), which asked respondents about their preferences for absentee ballots, their worry about the coronavirus, and their household composition. Using multinomial logistic regressions, we find that women are more likely to support allowing absentee ballots compared with more restrictive voting options and are more likely to say they support absentee ballots for all if they know someone who has contracted COVID-19. The policy implications for these findings are discussed along with other sociodemographic indicators in our analysis.
KW - COVID-19
KW - gender
KW - voting by mail
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U2 - 10.1017/S1743923X20000641
DO - 10.1017/S1743923X20000641
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85095981574
VL - 16
SP - 1093
EP - 1100
JO - Politics & Gender
JF - Politics & Gender
SN - 1743-923X
IS - 4
ER -