Event Title

Poster: The Interest of Defense: Individual and Contextual Influences on Defense Spending Preferences

Location

Moakley Atrium

Start Time

12-5-2016 4:00 PM

End Time

12-5-2016 5:00 PM

Description

How do both personal and contextual connections to the military shape Americans’ preferences on defense spending? As defense spending comes under scrutiny, increased attention turns towards the American electorate and what policies voters (and their representatives) are likely to support, based on their economic interests. Using the 2014 Cooperative Congressional Election Study and data on military installations in Congressional districts, I analyze the extent to which both personal connections to the military (through service) and contextual connections to the military (through the presence of installations in districts) affect individuals’ preferences concerning American defense spending. I find that, while military service does have modest effects on policy preferences, the contextual effect of a military installation's presence is not sufficient to explain individual preferences on American defense spending.

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Poster: The Interest of Defense: Individual and Contextual Influences on Defense Spending Preferences

Moakley Atrium

How do both personal and contextual connections to the military shape Americans’ preferences on defense spending? As defense spending comes under scrutiny, increased attention turns towards the American electorate and what policies voters (and their representatives) are likely to support, based on their economic interests. Using the 2014 Cooperative Congressional Election Study and data on military installations in Congressional districts, I analyze the extent to which both personal connections to the military (through service) and contextual connections to the military (through the presence of installations in districts) affect individuals’ preferences concerning American defense spending. I find that, while military service does have modest effects on policy preferences, the contextual effect of a military installation's presence is not sufficient to explain individual preferences on American defense spending.