Contagious: Why Things Catch On
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If where people voted didn’t matter, then the percent supporting the initiative should be the same at schools and other polling locations. But it wasn’t. More than ten thousand more people voted in favor of the school funding initiative when the polling place was a school.
Hugh Rabjohns
The explanation for this could be people who are voting AT schoolshave kids in the district
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People are more likely to vote if their spouse votes, more likely to quit smoking if their friends quit, and more likely to get fat if their friends become obese.
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Only 2 percent of women describe themselves as beautiful.