Symposium on Julie Rose’s Free Time: An Introduction

Parr, Tom

doi:10.31009/leap.2017.v5.02

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“…For instance, Arkansas voters recently rejected, by a 57–43 percent margin, a 2014 citizen-initiated ballot measure that would have replaced the current local-option policy, whereby decisions on alcohol prohibition are made at the county level, with a statewide policy permitting alcohol sales in every county. Amendment opponents argued not only that it would lead to wider availability of alcohol (signifying a policy preference) but also that it would deprive local communities of the opportunity to resolve these questions (signifying a decentralization preference) (Parr 2014; Richman 2014).…”

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Voting on Prohibition: Disentangling Preferences on Alcohol and Decentralization

Dinan¹,

Heckelman²

2018

Soc. sci. hist.

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We contribute to an understanding of the determinants of voter support for US prohibition policies in the early 1900s, by separating substantive preferences for wet versus dry policies from preferences for centralized versus decentralized control. Prior studies of prohibition referenda have generated various conclusions about which groups supported and opposed prohibition, whether regarding the role of religion, urban/rural residence, immigrant status, gender, or class. But none of these studies has considered the impact of preferences regarding decentralization on voter support for prohibition measures. We exploit a combination of referenda unique to the 1933 Ohio ballot, where voters considered prohibition-repeal measures alongside a county home-rule amendment. By viewing support for home rule as a proxy for decentralization preferences we clarify and explain anomalies in prior studies regarding determinants of support for prohibition and its repeal, especially regarding urban counties and some evangelical denominations, which are shown to have been guided by a preference for local control of alcohol policy, and counties with larger proportions of women, which are associated with greater support for more centralized and uniform alcohol policy.

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confidence: 99%