An Expository Development of a Mathematical Model of the Electoral Process
@article{Davis1970AnED, title={An Expository Development of a Mathematical Model of the Electoral Process}, author={O. A. Davis and M. Hinich and P. Ordeshook}, journal={American Political Science Review}, year={1970}, volume={64}, pages={426-448} }
The fundamental process of politics is the aggregation of citizens' preferences into a collective—a social—choice. We develop, interpret, and explain non-technically in this expository essay the definitions, assumptions, and theorems of a mathematical model of one aggregative mechanism—the electoral process. This mechanism is conceptualized here as a multidimensional model of spatial competition in which competition consists of candidates affecting turnout and the electorate's perception… Expand
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