The paradox between an individual's decisions to head to the polls and the absence of
strictly rational arguments for this action has intrigued–and troubled–many scholars. The …

Across three separate experiments, I find that exposure to negative political information
continues to shape attitudes even after the information has been effectively discredited. I call …

This is the first comprehensive critical evaluation of the use of rational choice explanations in
political science. Writing in an accessible and nontechnical style, Donald P. Green and Ian …

What makes people decide to vote? In addressing this simple question, André Blais
examines the factors that increase or decrease turnout at the aggregate, cross-national level …

Turning out to vote is the most common and important act of political participation in any
democracy. Voting is also less well understood and explained empirically than other political …

We develop a model of electoral competition in which citizens choose whether or not to run
as candidates. A winner implements her favorite policy. The equilibrium number of …

The median voter theorem has long been the default model of voter behavior and candidate
choice. While contemporary work on the distribution of political opinion has emphasized …

The average voter falls far short of the prescriptions of classic democratic theory in terms of
interest, knowledge, and participation in politics. We suggest a more realistic standard …

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News Narratives and News Framing is a revealing look at how the media's construction of
news affects our political, economic, and social realities. In this introduction to the theory …