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Ballot Position, Choice Fatigue, and Voter Behaviour [PDF]

open access: yesThe Review of Economic Studies, 2015
In this paper, we examine the eect of "choice fatigue"on decision making. We exploit a natural experiment in which voters face the same contest at dierent ballot positions due to dierences in the number of local issues on their ballot. Facing more decisions before a given contest signi…cantly increases the tendency to abstain or rely on decision ...
Ned Augenblick, Scott Nicholson
openaire   +1 more source

Political Clientelism in Presidential Elections: Voting Behaviour and Social Assistance

open access: yesJSP: Jurnal Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik
Clientelism is a dangerous practice for democratic countries as it exploits poverty for elections. Despite the risks associated with clientelism, political actors in various countries continue to engage in it in election campaigns to win political ...
Moch. Noor   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cross-inhibition leads to group consensus despite the presence of strongly opinionated minorities and asocial behaviour

open access: yesCommunications Physics, 2023
Strongly opinionated minorities can have a dramatic impact on the opinion dynamics of a large population. Two factions of inflexible minorities, polarised into two competing opinions, could lead the entire population to persistent indecision ...
Andreagiovanni Reina   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond the binary: examining dynamic youth voter behaviour in South Africa

open access: yesPolitikon, 2022
The 2021 South African local government elections continued a trend of dissipating turnout among young voters. The youth, aged 18–34, constitute nearly a third of SA's adult population, and their voting decisions could have a decisive influence on electoral politics.
Martin Bekker   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Bound to the group and blinded by the leader: ideological leader–follower dynamics in a trust economic game [PDF]

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2019
Understanding the dynamics of trustworthiness in ideological contexts could influence human societies, affect electoral campaigns and ultimately impact democracy.
Biljana Gjoneska   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Geographical Realignment of the Hungarian Voting Behaviour Between 2014 and 2022

open access: yesModern Geográfia, 2023
One of the main aims of electoral geography is to examine the spatial and socio-economic relationships of voting behaviour. Based on this, strong social cleavages were identified in the developed democracies in the 1960s, which strongly determined voting
Kovalcsik, Tamás, Bódi, Mátyás
doaj   +1 more source

Levels of Conceptualization and Municipal Politics: Replication in a New Context

open access: yesFrontiers in Political Science, 2021
Since Angus Campbell and colleagues introduced the Levels of Conceptualization (LoC) framework as a measure of political sophistication, only a very small number of scholars have applied this approach to understanding how electors view political actors ...
J. Scott Matthews   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Political Marketing, Word of Mouth Communication and Voter Behaviours Interaction

open access: yesBusiness and Economics Research Journal, 2020
Political actors aim at persuading voters, who are the key elements of target market in order to win election by gaining a higher vote potential than their opponents. Whether voter preferences are shaped by political elements or by the effects of social environment has become the focus of the studies within the relevant literature.
Öztürk, Resul, Çoban, Suzan
openaire   +2 more sources

The Combined Effect of Obesity and Contraceptive Use on Pulmonary Embolism in Adolescent Females Residing in the United States

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Combined oral contraceptive (COC) use in obese adult women dramatically increases the relative risk of developing a pulmonary embolism (PE). The risk of a PE in obese adolescent females taking contraceptives is currently unknown. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effect of body mass index (BMI) and contraceptive
John Puetz, Joanne Salas
wiley   +1 more source

Branding the Ballot: How the Labour Party Shaped Voter Behaviour in Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential Election

open access: yesJournal of Central and Eastern European African Studies
This paper investigates the Labour Party’s branding strategies and their impact on voter behaviour during Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election. Emphasising candidate positioning, digital interaction, and grassroots mobilisation, it underscores the party'
OKEREKE Nwaonuma Okoro
doaj   +1 more source

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