People's voting behavior has a great impact on the political road that is taken in our countries. The current research shows that mimicry, the imitation of nonverbal behavior, unconsciously affects our political voting behavior. Earlier research has shown that mimicry enhances prosocial thoughts and behaviors. As prosocial people are expected to be more attracted to left-wing parties, it was pr...

In this article, we study popularity functions for the French President and Prime Minister. We show that the responsibility hypothesis is validated for the unemployment rate but not for the inflation rate. We also show that voters have not a behavior compatible with the rational expectations hypothesis for the Prime Minister’s popularity, and that voters have an asymmetric behavior for the unem...

The politics of the people are often identified with their lives in state. This understanding gave rise to a prolonged discourse on relationship between state and religion. purpose this study is study, analyze interpret from fiqh studies related interpretation Nahdlatul Ulama's political behavior. research literature or revive using descriptive analytical methods. Data collection carried out by...

The Coevolution of Networks and Political Attitudes David Lazer a b , Brian Rubineau c , Carol Chetkovich d , Nancy Katz & Michael Neblo e a Department of Political Science, Northeastern University b Visiting Scholar, Harvard University c IRL School Department of Organizational Behavior, Cornell University d Public Policy Program, Mills College e Department of Political Science, The Ohio State ...

This paper utilizes a unique dataset on votes cast by Czech and Polish migrants in their recent national elections to investigate the impact of institutional, political and economic characteristics on migrants’ voting behavior. The political preferences of migrants are strikingly different from those of their domestic counterparts. In addition, there are also important differences among migrant...

Many aspects of political behavior have been illuminated by standard models in which political actors maximize self-interested preferences. The works of Downs (1957), Buchanan and Tullock (1962),Buchanan, Tollison and Tullock (1980) and Becker (1983), as well as those inspired by these seminal contributions, have contributed to our understanding of voter, party and policy preferences, interest ...