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Statistical benchmarking of voting theory methods
Lietuvos Matematikos Rinkinys, 2016 In the article 8 candidates sorting algorithms were compared by Monte Carlo experiments. 6 of them are constructed on the basis of voting theory and 2 – on the basis of Kemeny median. The largest number of correct decisions averages and the least average
Aleksandras Krylovas, Natalja Kosareva
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Europe's Journal of Psychology, 2020 Recent events, such as failed constitutional referenda, low voting turnout in the European Union parliamentary elections, and the 2016 Brexit referendum in the United Kingdom call for a better understanding of people’s voting behavior in relation to the ...
Francesco La Barbera, Icek Ajzen
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A Impact Analysis of Digitalized Voting System on Voting Behavior and Democratic Consolidation in Nigeria [PDF]
E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, 2023 Election results in most African countries are hardly transmitted using digitalized devices. This has created room for suspicion and discrediting of electoral integrity in part of Africa.
Samuel Chukwudi Agunyai +2 more
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Politicians’ Theories of Voting Behavior [PDF]
American Political Science ReviewWhile political scientists regularly engage in spirited theoretical debates about elections and voting behavior, few have noticed that elected politicians also have theories of elections and voting. Here, we investigate politicians’ positions on eight central theoretical debates in the area of elections and voting behavior and compare politicians ...
Lucas, Jack +18 more
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Measuring the Voting Power of Coalitions in the Islamic Parliament, the Cooperative Games Approach [PDF]
دولتپژوهی, 2019 The legislature is a manifestation of national sovereignty and one of the most important issues of policy and decision making in the country. Parliamentarians not only express their views on the status of the law, opinions but rather the selection of the
Ramin khochiani
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, 2022 Abstract This chapter presents the economic theory of voting. It begins with the positive theory, considering why people vote and when abstention is rational. Next, it presents the median voter theorem, which predicts the outcomes of some elections.
Robert D. Cooter, Michael D. Gilbert
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Selfish and Prospective. Theory and Evidence of Pocketbook Voting [PDF]
We present and test a theory of prospective and retrospective pocketbook voting. Focusing on two large reforms in Sweden, we establish a causal chain from policies to sizeable individual gains and losses and then to voting.
Mikael Elinder +2 more
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Economic theory of democracy and rational voter [PDF]
Filozofija i Društvo, 2009 This paper aims to analyze Downs' conceptions of economic theory of democracy and rational voter. The author will defend the thesis that concept of duty as a solution for the paradox of not voting cannot be successfully integrated into the framework of ...
Mladenović Ivan
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E-voting Implementation in Egypt [PDF]
Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia, 2017 Manual elections processes in Egypt have several negative effects; that mainly leads to political corruption due to the lack of transparency. These issues negatively influence citizen’s participation in the political life; while electronic voting systems
Ahmed Eraky
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The Impact of Non-Citizen Population in Regional Differences in Non-Voting in the USA [PDF]
Business Ethics and Leadership, 2022 Given that voting is the bedrock of any functional democracy, it is an intriguing puzzle as to why many eligible voters often choose not to vote. The rational choice theory posits that voters might decide to stay away from voting, especially if they ...
Achintya Ray
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