Date
4-2020
Project Type
URC Presentation
Department
Political Science
College or School
COLA
Class Year
Senior
Major
Political Science
Faculty Research Advisor
Dante Scala
Abstract
Have evangelicalism and religiosity become more or less statistically significant in determining state-wide voting behavior in the 21st century? This research conducted a multiple regression analysis that compared religious, demographic, and economic information with the percent of votes cast for the Republican candidate in the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 elections.
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Recommended Citation
LaCourse, Nick R., "Religion in Presidential Elections: the Faithful as a Political Bloc in the 21st-century" (2020). Undergraduate Research Conference (URC) Student Presentations. 462.
https://scholars.unh.edu/urc/462