The Loma Prieta earthquake and the cost of voting in the 1989 San Francisco municipal election: Evidence from a natural experiment
On October 17, 1989, the Loma Prieta earthquake struck the central coast of California. Three weeks later, on November 7, 1989, San Francisco held a municipal election. A dozen polling places had been destroyed or were otherwise inaccessible to the public due to the earthquake, so new polling places...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2021-03-01
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Series: | Research & Politics |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/20531680211004254 |