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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: J. R. Clark, Dwight R. Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-09-01
Series:Economies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2227-7099/6/3/51