** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THE GOALS OF THIS PROJECT ARE TO 1) ASSESS A SEEMING DISPARITY BETWEEN EXPRESSED PREFERENCES WHEN VOTING FOR LAND CONSERVATION AND PREFERENCES EXPRESSED WHEN CHOOSING RESIDENTIAL LOCATIONS AND 2) EXPLORE MECHANISMS FOR THE DISPARITY. UNDERSTANDING THE MECHANISMS MAY LEAD TO GREATER FUNDING FOR FARM, FOREST, AND OPEN SPACE (FFOS) CONSERVATION AND ENHANCING RURAL COMMUNITIES.TO MEET THESE GOALS, WE HAVE DEVELOPED FOUR RESEARCH OBJECTIVES THAT USE BOTH REVEALED AND STATED PREFERENCE METHODS, EXAMINE HOUSING MARKET CHOICES, AND USE DETAILED SURVEYS OF KNOWN VOTERS TO PROBE MECHANISMS OF VOTER CHOICE. FIRST, WE WILL DEVELOP A RESIDENTIAL SORTING MODEL THAT ALLOWS FOR HETEROGENEOUS PREFERENCES BY PARTISAN AFFILIATION TO ESTABLISH WHETHER HOUSEHOLDS WITH DIFFERENT AFFILIATIONS HAVE SIMILAR PREFERENCES FOR PROXIMITY FOR FFOS LANDS. SECOND, WE WILL CONDUCT A MULTI-STATE SURVEY OF REGISTERED VOTERS. BY COMPARING THEIR HOUSING CHOICE TO THEIR SURVEY RESPONSES, WE CAN ASSESS MECHANISMS THAT LEAD TO DIFFERENCES IN PREFERENCES IN THE RESIDENTIAL HOUSING MARKET COMPARED TO VOTING. THIRD, WE WILL TEST WHETHER GEOGRAPHIC SCALE IS AN IMPORTANT MECHANISM FOR EXPLAINING PARTISAN PREFERENCE DIFFERENCES. WE WILL EXAMINE VOTING MANY FFOS-THEMED BALLOT MEASURES, PARTICULARLY THOSE WITH OVERLAPPING SCALES OCCURRING SIMULTANEOUSLY, TO UNDERSTAND HOW GEOGRAPHIC SCALE INFLUENCES VOTER PARTICIPATION AND APPROVAL. FOURTH, WE WILL CONDUCT ONE OR MORE EXIT POLLS TO MEASURE VOTER EXPECTATIONS ABOUT THE ECOLOGICAL AND PERSONAL BENEFITS OF FFOS-THEMED BALLOT MEASURES AND WHETHER EXPECTATIONS ARE A REASON FOR CHANGING PARTISAN PREFERENCES ACROSS VENUES.