کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1052232 946378 2011 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Optimists and skeptics: Why do people believe in the value of their single vote?
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی علوم اجتماعی جغرافیا، برنامه ریزی و توسعه
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Optimists and skeptics: Why do people believe in the value of their single vote?
چکیده انگلیسی

We investigate the origins of voters' beliefs about the value of their single vote. We construe such beliefs as a function of psychological predispositions and exposure to information about the competitiveness of the electoral race. We test this theoretical model using data from the 2008 Canadian federal election and a new survey question tapping voters' beliefs about whether their vote can make a difference. Our results show that sense of efficacy has a strong effect, efficacious voters being more prone to optimism. Competitiveness of the race also matters, but only among attentive voters.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Electoral Studies - Volume 30, Issue 1, March 2011, Pages 77–82
نویسندگان
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