Geographical Study of the Varying Impact of Demominational Affiliation and Poverty on Presidential Voting in Kansas: 1972 to 2012

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This empirical study examines the claim made by political analysts such as Thomas Frank that, in Kansas, residents' presidential party affiliations are influenced more heavily by social issues than economic issues. A popular perception, which came to the forefront during the 2004 election cycle, is that lower income rural voters may be changing party affiliation due to identification with the Republican Party's stance on social issues. In this study, multiple regression analysis is utilized to evaluate the predictive force of both religious affiliation and poverty on voting habits in Kansas during Presidential elections in five survey years: 1972--2012. The data are grouped into four categories for each of the five survey years: liberal Protestant adherence, conservative Protestant adherence, urban county residence, and rural county residence. The independent variables are percent liberal/conservative Protestant adherence and percent of electorate at or below poverty level. The depende

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