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<p>Strength of correlation between % Republican votes and Yes votes by dataset.</p> Margo Gustina (25157734) Robert P. Berrens (2616301) Evolutionary Biology Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified Ecology Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified Inorganic Chemistry Science Policy year level nationally year level estimations facility access overwhelm extreme heat events 2010 &# 8211 public voting support investigate local preferences shown public libraries public libraries voter preferences taken together results indicate quantitatively understanding loved institutions library system library building 982 ), <p>Source. (Left) MIT Election Data and Science Lab, 2018 [<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0351352#pone.0351352.ref051" target="_blank">51</a>]; EveryLibrary, Library Journal, State Library Agencies of California, Michigan, New York, and Ohio, Ballotpedia, and library workers in California, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Nebraska, New York, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming. (Right) Washington Secretary of State [<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0351352#pone.0351352.ref052" target="_blank">52</a>] and State Library. Note. Vertical axis is % of affirmative votes for libraries and horizontal axis is portion of votes in presidential elections going to the Republican candidate. It is not evident whether the correlation pattern in the Washington data is driven by data boundary precision or by the state itself. Both represent only presidential elections pooled over 2012, 2016, and 2020.</p> 2026-10-01T17:29:36Z Image Figure 10.1371/journal.pone.0351352.g001 https://figshare.com/articles/figure/_p_Strength_of_correlation_between_Republican_votes_and_Yes_votes_by_dataset_p_/34048048 CC BY 4.0