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[9] Voter behavior is often influenced by voter loyalty. [10] There is a correlation between voter satisfaction with what a political party has achieved and dealt with a situation and voters' intention of voting for the same party again. [ 10 ]
A third problem that can complicate issue voting is if there are multiple issues that are equally salient to the voter. [48] A candidate may have a similar position to a given voter on one issue, but may take a considerably different stance on another. [49] [50] An example of this occurred in the 2008 US presidential election.
The altruism theory of voting is a model of voter behavior which states that if citizens in a democracy have "social" preferences for the welfare of others, the extremely low probability of a single vote determining an election will be outweighed by the large cumulative benefits society will receive from the voter's preferred policy being enacted, such that it is rational for an “altruistic ...
Jackson Women's Health Organization), and a woman's decision to have a child by providing affordable health care and ensuring the availability of, and access to, programs helping women during pregnancy and after a child's birth, including caring adoption programs, along with opposing any and all efforts to weaken or undermine that right. [14]
“We do see examples of voter suppression happening around the country,” says Rashad Turner, Executive Director of the Minnesota Parent Union and a former leader of a Black Lives Matter chapter ...
As for critiques concerning voter behavior, it is argued that public choice cannot explain why people vote due to limitations in rational choice theory. [38] For example, from the viewpoint of rational choice theory , the expected gains of voting depend on (1) the benefit to the voter if their candidate wins and (2) the probability that one's ...
A voter ranks or rates a candidate lower in the hope of defeating them. For example, a voter may insincerely rank or rate a perceived strong candidate last in order to help their preferred candidate win. [2] Game theory arguments suggest that if burial incentive is sufficiently severe, a method may induce a race to the bottom.
The most common example of a spatial model is a political spectrum or compass, such as the traditional left-right axis, [2] but issue spaces can be more complex. For example, a study of German voters found at least four dimensions were required to adequately represent all political parties.