Chronic health conditions and voter turnout: Results from the 2012 United States presidential election.

ABSTRACT: This study examined associations between diagnoses with five chronic health conditions (diabetes, cancer, heart disease, asthma, and arthritis) and turnout in the 2012 US presidential election. We used cross-sectional survey data from 16 states from the 2013 and 2014 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. We estimated a logistic regression model with the main dependent variable as a survey item asking respondents if they voted. We also estimated logistic regression models stratified by race/ethnicity to assess whether the chronic health condition-turnout relationships varied within each racial/ethnic group. Results show that individuals diagnosed with diabetes were 7 percentage-points more likely to vote that those who were not. Stratified models revealed these diabetes-turnout relati

SUBMITTER: McGuire CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9004667 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature