A positive correlation between turnout and plurality does not refute the rational voter model |
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Authors: | Amihai Glazer Bernard Grofman |
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Institution: | 1. School of Social Sciences, University of California, 92717, Irvine, CA, U.S.A.
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Abstract: | Many papers have tested the prediction of the rational voter model that, ceteris paribus, turnout will be low when potential voters expect the winner's plurality to be large. The appropriate null hypothesis, however, is unclear. We show that statistical models of voting in which each voter's decision of whether to vote does not vary with the expected plurality can nonetheless generate data which lead to both positive and negative correlations between turnout and plurality. |
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