Why do people vote the way they do when it comes to water protection and conservation policy?
After graduating with her Master’s of Agricultural and Environmental Education in May 2021, Kristin Gibson successfully published her master’s thesis research in the September 2021 edition of the Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education. This study used quantitative research design to explore if political affiliation and ideology predicted respondents’ voting preparation on a policy that impacts water.
Kristin, along with her coauthors Alexa J. Lamm, Kyle M. Woosnam, and D. Barry Croom, found there was room for improvement in the actions respondents would take in preparing to vote for a policy affecting water protection and conservation.
Though a multiple linear regression found political affiliation and political ideology predicted how respondents prepared to vote on water policy, the political leanings accounted for a small amount of variance in the models.
For more details, explore the full manuscript at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1936-704X.2021.3355.x
