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The Electoral College and voter participation rates: Comment.

Authors :
Blair, Douglas H.
Source :
Public Choice; 1982, Vol. 38 Issue 1, p93-94, 2p
Publication Year :
1982

Abstract

Comments on the reduction of voter participation rates in the U.S. due to the existence of the Electoral College. Details of the study on the distribution of power under the Electoral College; Probability that a randomly-selected voter could reverse the Electoral College choice by reversing his or her vote; Model under which the popular-vote plurality of the Democratic candidate is a normally-distributed random variable.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00485829
Volume :
38
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Public Choice
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
17165126
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00124631