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Mobilizing the young vote: Direct mail voter guides in the 2015 Chicago mayoral election
Research & Politics, 2017 Previous studies have shown nonpartisan direct mail interventions have a small turnout effect. It is less clear, however, what effect these interventions have with regard to cognitive mobilization of young voters. We report the results of a large ( N =52,
Peter Miller +2 more
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How to assess the emergence of the European Pirate Parties. Towards a research agenda
Sfera Politicii, 2012 The purpose of this paper is to assess the emergence of the pirate movements in the European Union. Our goal is to sketch the steps towards a research agenda for this grassroots political movement which gained momentum since 2009.
Radu Uszkai, Constantin Vică
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A Novel N-Input Voting Algorithm for X-by-Wire Fault-Tolerant Systems
The Scientific World Journal, 2014 Voting is an important operation in multichannel computation paradigm and realization of ultrareliable and real-time control systems that arbitrates among the results of N redundant variants.
Abbas Karimi +3 more
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A Median Voter Theorem for Postelection Politics [PDF]
, 2003 We analyze a model of "postelection politics", in which (unlike in the more common Downsian models of "preelection politics") politicians cannot make binding commitments prior to elections. The game begins with an incumbent politician in office, and voters adopt reelection strategies that are contingent on the policies implemented by the incumbent.
Dhammika Dharmapala, Etienne Lehmann
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Populist Rhetoric in Electoral Political Space of Modern Russia: Regional Aspect
Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2015 The article presents the analysis of regional features of populist rhetoric realization as the basis of electorate mobilization. The motivational characteristics of electoral preferences are established, the strategy of populist policy in the Russian ...
Efanova Elena Vladimirovna +1 more
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Voter Turnout in the Indian States: An Empirical Analysis [PDF]
, 2008 In this article, the trends and determinants of voter turnout in India at the state level are explored. It reveals that there is a large variation in turnout across the Indian states.
Rekha Diwakar +2 more
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"The Public Commodities Problem" [PDF]
The decision about how much to spend on a public program depends on the answers to two questions: (1) a normative and binary question-Should the government pursue the goal of this program?
Karl Widerquist
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DESPESAS PÚBLICAS COM SAÚDE E EDUCAÇÃO NOS MUNICÍPIOS DO ESPÍRITO SANTO: uma investigação empírica
Revista de Políticas Públicas, 2016 The objective of this paper was to verify the determinants of public expenditure on health and education in the municipalities of Espírito Santo, based on the median voter theory and the traditional econometric approach.
Edson Zambon Monte +1 more
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Cahiers Victoriens et EdouardiensIt is not news that Benjamin Disraeli was a reckless and shape-shifting politician. This chapter claims that he was one of those rare shape-shifters who practised what has been called ‘heresthetics’, namely the art and science of turning a losing ...
Iain McLean
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Covering the Median Voter in Congress
American Review of Politics, 2016 Political communication and congressional politics scholars have seemingly long settled the question of who in Congress receives national news attention. Party leaders, committee chairs and ranking members, and influential senators typically dominate national news attention. In this paper, I argue that scholars also need to consider the median voter in
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