Study Says Polls Located In Churches May Impact Voter Behavior

According to a press release this week from Baylor University, a new study by Baylor researchers suggests that locating a polling place in a church may impact voting behavior.  The study by Dr. Jordan LaBouff and Dr. Wade Rowatt published in the International Journal for the Psychology of Religion found that those who answered surveys taken next to church buildings reported themselves more politically conservative and more negative toward non-Christians than did people who took the survey near government buildings. ABC News says that this study is consistent with a 2008 Pennsylvania one that found voters were more likely to support a school levy if their polling place was located in a school.