The Brennan–Lomasky Test of Expressive Voting: When Impressive Probability Differences Are Meaningless
We consider a test of expressive voting developed by Brennan and Lomasky (1993). They point out that in presidential elections the probability of a tie, and casting a decisive vote, increases “multi-billionfold” as the election becomes increasingly close. They conjecture that if...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2018-09-01
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Series: | Economies |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2227-7099/6/3/51 |