When voting on a proposal one in fact chooses between two alternatives: (i) A new hypothetical social state depicted by the proposal and (ii) the status quo (henceforth: Reality); a Yes vote favors a transition to the proposed hypothetical state, while a No vote favors Reality. Social Choice theory generalizes voting on one proposal to ranking multiple proposals; that Reality was forsaken durin...

This study examines two stages of vote-selling among voters: to accept or refuse money, and then vote for the vote-buyer competitor. Using unethical behavior money-as-temptation as a framework, we predict that amount money will influence decision accept, but effect be lower voters with higher inhibitory self-control (ISC). We also accepting choice, w...

This course is an introduction to the mainstay of quantitative empirical work in political science, the linear regression model. We begin by putting the regression model in context by discussing causation, generalization, and quasi-experimentation. We then introduce the basic two-variable regression model, discuss its assumptions, and learn how to test hypotheses with it. This is followed by th...

Scholars have long been skeptical of citizens’ ability to vote on the basis their policy views. Voters lack incentives pay attention politics and so are often unaware stances adopted by presidential candidates parties. However, some scholars suggested that voter may increase when issues become important them, such as a crisis disrupts lives. The coronavirus pandemic provides an opportunity test...

Voters’ four primary evaluations of the economy—retrospective national, retrospective pocketbook, prospective national, and prospective pocketbook—vary in the cognitive steps necessary to link economic outcomes to candidates in elections. We hypothesize that the effects of the different economic evaluations on vote choice vary with a voter’s ability to acquire information and anticipate the ele...