Why does voting get so complicated? A review of theories for analyzing democratic participation

DOI10.1214/SS/1049993199MaRDI QIDQ1429026zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jeff Gill, Jason Gainous

Publication date 29 March 2004

Published in Statistical Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1214/ss/1049993199

zbMATH Keywords

cost-benefit modelselectionsFlorida 2000 electionparticipationrational choicespatial modelsVoting rules

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Voting theory (91B12)

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