Voting contagion: Modeling and analysis of a century of U.S. presidential elections.

Social influence plays an important role in human behavior and decisions. Sources of influence can be divided as external, which are independent of social context, or as originating from peers, such as family and friends. An important question is how to disentangle the social contagion by peers from...

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Main Authors: Dan Braha, Marcus A M de Aguiar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5436881?pdf=render