Chapter 12

Political Science 207 with Lim at Texas A&M University

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By: Jon Buckman
Textbook: Comparing the States and Communities - Looseleaf Binding
Comparing the States and Communities: Politics, Government, and Policy in the United States
Created: 2011-11-28
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Predictors of success

Good parenting
Good zipcode/school district
Being read to as a child

Goals shared by all states

High graduation rates
Low poverty rates
Low unemployment rates
Low crime rates

Is government REACTIVE or PROACTIVE towards crime?

Reactive

SAT Verbal/Math scores since 1967

National average has dropped dramatically
Math became higher than verbal in 1990

Causes for SAT Verbal/Math Scores

Math and science being emphasized more in school
Verbal abilities have dropped

Numbers in poverty & poverty rates

Numbers may increase, but percentage actually decreases
Due to population constantly increasing

Poverty rates by race

Anglo is lowest
African american is highest
Higher education equals less poverty

High School Completion vs. Bachelor's degrees

r = .45
Medium positive correlation

Educational Expenditures vs high school completion

r = .24
Very weak positive relationship

Contemporary cost of higher education vs higher education degrees

r = .55
Strong positive correlation

Lagged cost of higher education vs higher education degrees

r = .47
Medium positive correlation

Lagged Cost

Spending that will have longer impact
Cost of buildings

Ways to decrease poverty levels

Better high school completion rates
College degree completion
Higher per-capita income

Medicaid and Poverty

r = -.41
Medium negative correlation

SNAP vs poverty

No correlation
Doesn't work and can't be cut due to lobbyists

TANF vs poverty

r = -.56
Strong negative correlation
Only lasts for 3 years
Successful program

SCHIP vs poverty

No relationship with poverty

Increased education vs lower crime and poverty

High correlation rate

Poverty vs crime

Strong positive correlation

Welfare support in Texas

Medicaid $4,000 per year
TANF $1,000 per year
Food stamps $1,100 per year
SCHIP $500 per year

Total Crime

No correlation between crime rate and per capita police/corrections expenditure

Property Crime

No correlation between property crime and per capita police/corrections expenditures

Violent Crime

r = .35
Weak correlation between violent crime rate and police/corrections expenditures

Abortion policy

Usually the separator in similar candidates
1 candidate supports, 1 does not
Candidates usually reluctant to take a strong stance on abortion due to alienating constituencies

Abortion rates and providers since 1973

Before 1992; all abortions either private or illegal
Providers and rates are decreasing steadily due to controversy and legality in different states

Restrictiveness of abortion laws

r = .76
strong positive correlation
Far left side = more liberal states
Far right side = more conservative states

State abortion rates 2004

Percent liberals .48
1 single variable that has strong relation on abortion rates
Liberals seem more willing to allow abortions
Ideology matters most

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