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Rational Voter Model

By: Jeanne Zaino
In: Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior
Edited by: Kenneth F. Warren
Subject:Elections & Political Campaigns, Electoral Systems, Political Behavior (general)

THE RATIONAL VOTER model is one of the major alternative explanations of voting behavior to arise in the wake of the now-classic American Voter study by Angus Campbell, Phillip Converse, Warren Miller, and Donald Stokes, released in 1960. While it was ...

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  Zaino, J. (2008). Rational voter model. In K. F. Warren (Ed.), Encyclopedia of U.S. campaigns, elections, and electoral behavior (pp. 695-695). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963886.n359
  
  Zaino, Jeanne. "Rational Voter Model." In Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior, edited by Warren, Kenneth F., 695-695. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963886.n359.
  
  Zaino, J. 2008. Rational Voter Model. In: Kenneth F. Warren Editor, 2008. Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 695 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963886.n359> [Accessed 13 Aug 2022].
  
  Zaino, Jeanne. "Rational Voter Model." Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior. Edited by Kenneth F. Warren. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008, pp. 695-695. SAGE Knowledge. 13 Aug 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963886.n359.
  
  Zaino, Jeanne (2008). Rational voter model In: Warren, Kenneth F. (Ed.),Rational voter model Encyclopedia of U.S. campaigns, elections, and electoral behavior Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.; 2008:695-695. doi:10.4135/9781412963886.n359
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