Voting Correctly in Europe

Eric Hines

ISBN 10: 3838378369 / ISBN 13: 9783838378367

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Nov 2010, 2010

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Neuware -How do institutions affect the ability of voters to ¿vote correctly ¿ A voter makes a correct vote when he or she successfully votes for the party or candidate that best represents his or her fully informed preferences. While ideally all votes would be correct, voters face limits to their ability to process the information necessary to make fully informed decisions. Individuals use a number of heuristics to manage these limitations. Previous research on correct voting in the United States has shown that the effectiveness and accuracy of these heuristics is affected by a number of factors including certain voter characteristics and the political environment of an election. This book expands on this research by examining correct voting in three European contexts ¿ the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the European Union ¿ to see what effect the institutional environment of an election (i.e., a majoritarian or proportional electoral system) has on the level of correct voting.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 104 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Voting Correctly in Europe
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Nov 2010
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3838378369
• ISBN 13: 9783838378367
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu

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Synopsis

How do institutions affect the ability of voters to ?vote correctly?? A voter makes a correct vote when he or she successfully votes for the party or candidate that best represents his or her fully informed preferences. While ideally all votes would be correct, voters face limits to their ability to process the information necessary to make fully informed decisions. Individuals use a number of heuristics to manage these limitations. Previous research on correct voting in the United States has shown that the effectiveness and accuracy of these heuristics is affected by a number of factors including certain voter characteristics and the political environment of an election. This book expands on this research by examining correct voting in three European contexts ? the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the European Union ? to see what effect the institutional environment of an election (i.e., a majoritarian or proportional electoral system) has on the level of correct voting.

About the Author

Eric Hines is an adjunct assistant professor of political science at the University of Montana. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in 2006.