We extend the directional theory of issue voting from a strictly deterministic model to a model which incorporates …

The spatial model of voting is a benchmark in theories purporting to explain political behavior. Underlying the spatial …

Is the rational-choice paradigm more than a mere tautology when applied to the study of voting or can it generate … largely a consumptive one, we also establish that once in the voting booth, voters act strategically in precisely the ways … predicted by a Downsian model of voting. That is, although expected-utility calculations and the like and little to our …

plausibly represent the will of the voters or would a different voting system have represented their preferences more accurately …, we are able to show, in a single figure, the outcome of every positional voting system, as well as all possible approval … voting outcomes. By comparing the outcome under plurality rule to the outcomes which would have occurred under other voting …

voting rules. We provide arguments in support of this view and emphasize the conceptual and analytical differences between … this notion and that of decisiveness. The conclusions are illustrated in the case study provided by three different voting …