Taking the Temperature: Implications for Adoption of Election Day Registration, State-Level Voter Turnout, and Life Expectancy

Wuffle, A.Brians, C. L.Coulter, K.2014-07-212014-07-212012-01Wuffle, A.; Brians, C. L.; Coulter, K., "Taking the Temperature: Implications for Adoption of Election Day Registration, State-Level Voter Turnout, and Life Expectancy," PS Polt. Sci. & Politics 45(1), 78-82, 2012. DOI: 10.1017/s10490965110016851049-0965http://hdl.handle.net/10919/49658We consider the neglected importance of temperature as an explanatory variable. We show that: (1) colder states have turnout that is high relative to the national average; (2) the coldest states in the United States were more likely to adopt Election Day Registration (EDR) than other states, and very hot states never did so; and (3) those who live in colder states live longer.en-USIn Copyrightpolitical scienceTaking the Temperature: Implications for Adoption of Election Day Registration, State-Level Voter Turnout, and Life ExpectancyArticle - Refereedhttp://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8469139&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S1049096511001685Ps-Political Science & Politicshttps://doi.org/10.1017/s1049096511001685