Can Voters Tame the Information Tide? How the Lack of Party Information Affects Voter Information Searches
Party identification plays a large role in voters decisions but what happens when the party affiliations of candidates are not readily available, as in many state supreme court and local elections? Voters are no longer able to rely on this efficient cue for making decisions and have to search for other information if they are to make a reasoned decision. Interestingly, much of the literature on nonpartisan elections indicates that voters in nonpartisan elections behave like voters in partisan elections, but the effects are less pronounced. Yet, we still do not know where voters obtain partisan information in non-partisan elections. Moreover, we know little about how voters make decisions in nonpartisan elections. This study examines how voters search for information when they cannot rely on party labels. To test this relationship, I use a dynamic information board and experimental design. Results indicate that voters in nonpartisan elections compare more information about candidates than voters in partisan elections, exhibiting more of a rational voting behavior
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2010
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Authors: | Seib, Drew |
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[2010]: [S.l.] : SSRN |
Subject: | Wahlverhalten | Voting behaviour | Informationsverhalten | Information behaviour | Politische Partei | Political party | Theorie | Theory | Informationsverbreitung | Information dissemination | Informationsökonomik | Economics of information | Information |
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