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Public Support for a Balanced Budget Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Trends and Predictors

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  • Andrew Crosby
  • Allyson L. Holbrook

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Although researchers have explored policy attitudes in domains that require expertise (e.g., medicine), less research has explored policy attitudes related to economic policies that also require expertise to understand. This paper examines public opinion about a balanced budget amendment (BBA) to the U.S. Constitution. Using data from 38 national public opinion polls conducted over 36 years, we find that support for a BBA is related to respondent and contextual factors. Support for a BBA has become more polarized along party and ideological lines over time, and implications of a BBA for other policies affect people's support for an amendment.

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  • Andrew Crosby & Allyson L. Holbrook, 2019. "Public Support for a Balanced Budget Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Trends and Predictors," Public Budgeting & Finance, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 39(2), pages 44-67, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:pbudge:v:39:y:2019:i:2:p:44-67
    DOI: 10.1111/pbaf.12213
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