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Many pundits, theorists, and scholars posit that if citizens discuss politics more, we will have a better democracy, with more rational consideration, and choose close to optimal outcomes. A large literature has established that people learn from social networks, and the logic follows that we can improve democracy if people only engaged in more, and better, political discussion. To establish that discussion promotes rational vote choices, however, we have to create a criterion for rational choice to test it. Recently, scholars have used Lau and Redlawsk's voting correctly measure to test the impact of various influences on the rationality of the electorate. Using this new measure of rationality—voting correctly—I determine whether political discussion has the predicted positive impact. To test this theory, I use 2000 American National Election Study survey data, and show that greater political discussion with knowledgeable discussants leads to more correct voting. |
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| Richey, Sean. "The Autoregressive Influence of Social Network Political Knowledge on Voting Behavior" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL, Aug 30, 2007 <Not Available>. 2010-03-13 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p211996_index.html> |
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| Richey, S. , 2007-08-30 "The Autoregressive Influence of Social Network Political Knowledge on Voting Behavior" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2010-03-13 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p211996_index.html |
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Abstract: Many pundits, theorists, and scholars posit that if citizens discuss politics more, we will have a better democracy, with more rational consideration, and choose close to optimal outcomes. A large literature has established that people learn from social networks, and the logic follows that we can improve democracy if people only engaged in more, and better, political discussion. To establish that discussion promotes rational vote choices, however, we have to create a criterion for rational choice to test it. Recently, scholars have used Lau and Redlawsk's voting correctly measure to test the impact of various influences on the rationality of the electorate. Using this new measure of rationality—voting correctly—I determine whether political discussion has the predicted positive impact. To test this theory, I use 2000 American National Election Study survey data, and show that greater political discussion with knowledgeable discussants leads to more correct voting. |
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| The Social Basis of Voting Correctly∗ Sean Richey†Abstract Many pundits theorists and scholars posit that if citizens dis- cuss politics more we will have a better democracy with more rational consideration and choose close to optimal outcomes. A large literature has established that people learn from social net- works and the logic follows that we can improve democracy if people only engaged in more and better political discussion. To establish that discussion promotes rational vote choices how- ever |
| kernel function. 22 Impact of Political Discussion on Incorrect Voting .25 Percent Voting Incorrectly .1 .15 .05 .2 1 SD Below Mean Mean 1 SD Above Mean Amount of Political Discussion Figure 2: This graph shows that more political discussion with knowledgable discussants decreases incorrect voting. The boxes represent the 90 percent conï¬dence intervals for the amount of incorrect voting while holding all control variables constant created by Clarify. Calculated from model in Table 2 Model 2. 23 |
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