id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt WOS-000498639500005 Casalaspi, D Trading Off Democracy? School Choice, Voter Turnout, and School Bond Election Outcomes 2019 .txt text/plain 180 7 45 Drawing on a unique dataset of 191 off-cycle school bond elections in Michigan school districts between 2005 and 2017, this paper employs regression modeling to test whether voter turnout and school bond passage rates are lower in districts where school choice exit participation is high. Education researchers and political scientists have long raised theoretical objections to market-based reforms like school choice on the grounds that these policies may undermine public participation in democratic politics and erode public support for public institutions like schools. cache/WOS-000498639500005.txt txt/WOS-000498639500005.txt