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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Garrett Glasgow, Pavel Oleinikov, Rhoanne Esteban
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2021-03-01
Series:Research & Politics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/20531680211004254