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Health-related ballot measures more likely to pass

As voters are increasingly asked to decide complex health policy questions at the ballot box, new research from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis finds that health care-related ballot measures draw more voters to the polls and are more likely to pass than other initiatives—but t...

Health-related ballot measures more likely to pass
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As voters are increasingly asked to decide complex health policy questions at the ballot box, new research from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis finds that health care-related ballot measures draw more voters to the polls and are more likely to pass than other initiatives—but they're also especially sensitive to opposition spending by special-interest groups.

Originally published at Phys.org

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