Popular Democratic Reform: Winners And Losers in California's Initiative Process

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2005
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Haverford College. Department of Political Science
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This paper compares two ballot initiatives in California, Propositions 36 and 66. Proposition 36, an initiative mandating treatment in lieu of imprisonment for minor drug offenders, was passed by voters in 2000. Proposition 66, an initiative amending and reforming the "3 Strikes Law" (itself passed by an initiative in 1994), was defeated by voters in 2004. The goal of this paper is to determine why two seemingly similar measures met different fates. In simplest terms: why did Californians vote decidedly progressively in one election, then vote for the status quo in a similar election, soon after the first one?
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