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Voting to anger and to please others
- Source :
- Public Choice. 134:247-254
- Publication Year :
- 2007
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2007.
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Abstract
- A person may vote for a candidate to please citizens who prefer the same candidate, and to anger citizens who dislike the candidate. Such behavior is consistent with high turnout (though any one vote is unlikely to be decisive), with strategic voting, and with candidates adopting divergent positions.
Details
- ISSN :
- 15737101 and 00485829
- Volume :
- 134
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Public Choice
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........d0e35ad3f25a1d5e714dd6a3f6eddb61