Previous research has shown a relationship between voter characteristics and voter support for tax bonds. These findings, however, are difficult to interpret because of the high degree of collinearity across the measures. From 13 demographic measures of voters in a library bond election, seven independent principal components were extracted which accounted for 95 percent of the variance. Whereas the direct demographic measures showed inconsistent relationships with voting, the principal components of low SES, college experience, female and service job were related to affirmative voting, while high home value was related to negative voting.
翻译:先前的研究显示,选民特征与选民对税收债券的支持之间存在关系,但很难解释这些结论,因为这些措施之间具有高度的共性。 从图书馆债券选举选民的13个人口计量中,提取了占差异95%的7个独立主要组成部分。虽然直接人口计量显示与投票不相符,但SES、大学经验低、女性和服务性工作的主要组成部分与赞成投票有关,而高家庭价值则与反对投票有关。