#6500. Tilting at windmills? Electoral repercussions of wind turbine projects in Minnesota

January 2027publication date
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Abstract:
Spatial electoral repercussions of wind turbine developments are surprisingly understudied in the literature. How people vote based on the personal costs and benefits of living in the vicinity of wind turbines is an important empirical question that can improve our understanding about the political feasibility of a clean energy transition. Given the assumption that any potential nuisances or benefits associated with wind turbines are likely to be highly spatially concentrated, we merge the GIS turbine data with voting and census data at the precinct level to examine how wind turbine development affects the electoral fortunes of incumbent state legislators in the state of Minnesota in elections that occurred between 20XX and 20XX. We also examine whether the incumbency advantage of turbine development favors Republicans or Democrats more.
Keywords:
Democrats; Incumbent performance; Minnesota; Republicans; State legislative elections; Wind turbine development

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