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WORKING PAPER
The Revolution Against Affirmative Action in California: Politics, Economics, and Proposition 209
Alvarez, R. MichaelButterfield, Tara L. Abstract We consider two possible explanations --- economic anxiety and racial division --- for the appeal of Proposition 209 to California voters during the 1996 election. To test these hypotheses, we analyze voter exit poll data from teh 1996 California election. We utiliize a two--stage logit model to allow for the endogeneity of candidate endorsements. We find support for the second of our two hypotheses, which leads us to conclude that racial division fueled by a fear of arbitrary exclusion prompted voter support for Proposition 209. Keywords affirmative action California politics discrete choice endogeneity generalized extreme value race and politics File
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