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Voter-like Dynamics with Conflicting Preferences on Modular Networks
Entropy, 2023 Two of the main factors shaping an individual’s opinion are social coordination and personal preferences, or personal biases. To understand the role of those and that of the topology of the network of interactions, we study an extension of the voter model proposed by Masuda and Redner (2011), where the agents are divided into two populations with ...
Filippo Zimmaro +2 more
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In uncertainty we trust: a median voter model with risk aversion [PDF]
Financial Theory and Practice, 2011 The principal-agent problem and uncertainty are some of the key factors affecting financial and political markets. Fear of the unknown plays an important role in human decision making, including voting.
Pavel A. Yakovlev
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Voter preferences, voter manipulation, voter analytics: policy options for less surveillance and more autonomy [PDF]
Internet Policy Review, 2019 Researchers in psychology have long known that preferences are constructed in the decision-making process, influenced by choice environments that trigger unconscious biases and heuristics. As a result, choices, including those of voters, can be manipulated by political information.
Jacquelyn A. Burkell, Priscilla M. Regan
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Sosyal Ekonomik Araştırmalar Dergisi, 2012 Kamu Sektöründe modernizasyona duyulan ihtiyaç genelde vatandaşların hükümetlerine olan güvenlerinin seviyesinin düşük olmasından hareketle ortaya çıkar.
Süleyman Karaçor, Perihan Gözüm
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Estimating Policy Position of the Candidates in the 2017 Gubernatorial Election in Jakarta
Politik Indonesia: Indonesian Political Science Review, 2018 This study attempts to understand the policy position of candidates in the 2017 gubernatorial election in Jakarta. This study utilized the concept of “policy position” –which has been widely discussed in the electoral studies— in order to distinguish ...
Aditya Batara Gunawan
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Decision science: a multi-criteria decision framework for enhancing an electoral voting system
Systems Science & Control Engineering, 2021 The deployment of effective and efficient information and communication technologies (ICTs) remains a major priority for the smooth running of electoral management systems worldwide.
Raphael Kwaku Botchway +4 more
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Jurnal Studi Pemerintahan, 2023 This exploratory study deviated from the influential theoretical lens of clientelism in examining voter-politician ties in Philippine political studies.
Miguel Enrico Gutierrez Ayson +1 more
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Identification and Estimation of Preference Distributions When Voters are Ideological [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2010 This paper studies the nonparametric identification and estimation of voters' preferences when voters are ideological. We build on the methods introduced by Degan and Merlo (2009) representing elections as Voronoi tessellations of the ideological space.
Antonio Merlo, Áureo de Paula
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No echo in the chambers of political interactions on Reddit
Scientific Reports, 2021 Echo chambers in online social networks, whereby users’ beliefs are reinforced by interactions with like-minded peers and insulation from others’ points of view, have been decried as a cause of political polarization.
Gianmarco De Francisci Morales +2 more
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Local media, local candidates and preference formation
Political Research ExchangeThis study explores the role of local media consumption in shaping voter preferences for local candidates in electoral contexts. Drawing on the British Election Study (BES) data from the 2017 UK General Election, the paper examines how local media ...
Javier Sajuria, Sofia Collignon
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