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In political science, economic voting is a theoretical perspective which argues that voter behavior is heavily influenced by the economic conditions in their country at the time of the election. According to the classical form of this perspective, voters tend to vote more in favor of the incumbent candidate and party when the economy is doing ...
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 ...
The study said pro-growth Kennedy-Johnson "Growth Liberals" cut federal income taxes in the highest brackets in the 1960s while local officials raised regressive state and local taxes, creating a "pocketbook squeeze" that made voters less likely to approve local levies and bonds, which eventually led to the passage of Proposition 13.
Reproductive rights may be driving many women to the polls this election cycle, but so are their pocketbooks. Inflation, of course, has been a big issue for all voters.
Pocketbook issues strain, but don’t always sway, Nevada voters. Mark A. Kellner. November 4, 2024 at 11:36 PM ... While not every voter said their ballot choice will turn on their bankbook ...
A national Latino survey of registered and eligible Hispanic voters found pocketbook issues are of most concern, and Biden's job approval was at 47%.
Most allow a voter to put just one vote on each candidate, but others allow a voter's votes to be piled on to one candidate. Different voting systems require different levels of support to be elected. Plurality voting (First-past-the-post voting) elects the candidate with more votes than any other single candidate. It does not require the ...
The Daily Yonder looks at "The Rural Voter: The Politics of Place and the Disuniting of America," in which Colby College political scientists Nicholas F. Jacobs and Daniel M. Shea set out to ...