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- Title
Making statements and approval voting.
- Authors
Aragones, Enriqueta; Gilboa, Itzhak; Weiss, Andrew
- Abstract
We assume that people have a need to make statements, and construct a model in which this need is the sole determinant of voting behavior. In this model, an individual selects a ballot that makes as close a statement as possible to her ideal point, where abstaining from voting is a possible (null) statement. We show that in such a model, a political system that adopts approval voting may be expected to enjoy a significantly higher rate of participation in elections than a comparable system with plurality rule.
- Subjects
APPROVAL voting; VOTING abstention; POLITICAL systems; POLITICAL participation; PLURALITY voting; BALLOTS; COMPARATIVE studies
- Publication
Theory & Decision, 2011, Vol 71, Issue 4, p461
- ISSN
0040-5833
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11238-010-9208-5