Indecision Theory: Explaining Selective Abstention in Multiple Elections∗
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We address the so-called “roll-off” phenomenon: Selective abstention in multiple elections. We present a discuss a novel model of decision making by voters that explains this as a result of differences in quality and quantity of information that the voters have about each election. In doing so we use a spatial model that differs from the Euclidean one, and is more naturally applied to modelling differences in information.
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