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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112636
	Tilting at windmills? Electoral repercussions of wind turbine projects in Minnesota
	Bayulgen O.; Atkinson-Palombo C.; Buchanan M.; Scruggs L.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	0301-4215
卷号	159
英文摘要	Spatial electoral repercussions of wind turbine developments are surprisingly understudied in the literature. How people vote based on the personal costs and benefits of living in the vicinity of wind turbines is an important empirical question that can improve our understanding about the political feasibility of a clean energy transition. Given the assumption that any potential nuisances or benefits associated with wind turbines are likely to be highly spatially concentrated, we merge the GIS turbine data with voting and census data at the precinct level to examine how wind turbine development affects the electoral fortunes of incumbent state legislators in the state of Minnesota in elections that occurred between 2006 and 2018. We also examine whether the incumbency advantage of turbine development favors Republicans or Democrats more. We find that turbine development has a positive impact on incumbent performance. In precincts where wind turbines are constructed, our models estimate that adding at least one turbine within that precinct increases the share of the incumbent party's vote in the next election by an average of 1.8–9 percentage points. We also find that Republicans benefit electorally from turbine development as much as or more than Democrats. The finding that voters usually reward rather than punish local politicians in both parties for wind development bodes well for the future of energy transition in the US as it suggests that most people are supportive of green energy even in their backyards. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Democrats; Incumbent performance; Minnesota; Republicans; State legislative elections; Wind turbine development
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Population statistics; Wind power; Cost and benefits; Democrat; Energy transitions; Incumbent performance; Legislative elections; Minnesota; Performance; Republican; State legislative election; Wind turbine development; Wind turbines; alternative energy; cost-benefit analysis; election; feasibility study; GIS; party politics; wind power; wind turbine; Minnesota; United States; Allionia
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/256472
作者单位	Department of Political Science, University of Connecticut, United States; Department of Geography, University of Connecticut, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Bayulgen O.,Atkinson-Palombo C.,Buchanan M.,et al. Tilting at windmills? Electoral repercussions of wind turbine projects in Minnesota[J],2021,159.
APA	Bayulgen O.,Atkinson-Palombo C.,Buchanan M.,&Scruggs L..(2021).Tilting at windmills? Electoral repercussions of wind turbine projects in Minnesota.Energy Policy,159.
MLA	Bayulgen O.,et al."Tilting at windmills? Electoral repercussions of wind turbine projects in Minnesota".Energy Policy 159(2021).