dc.contributor.author | BLAIS, André | |
dc.contributor.author | RHEAULT, Ludovic | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-01-18T14:32:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-01-18T14:32:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Electoral Studies, 2011, 30, 1, 77-82, Special Symposium on Electoral Democracy in the European Union | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0261-3794 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1814/19981 | |
dc.description | Publication based on research carried out in the framework of the European Union Democracy Observatory (EUDO) of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute. | |
dc.description | The journal issue has been produced in the framework of the PIREDEU Project, one of the projects carried out by the EUDO Public Opinion Observatory. | |
dc.description.abstract | We investigate the origins of voters' beliefs about the value of their single vote. We construe such beliefs as a function of psychological predispositions and exposure to information about the competitiveness of the electoral race. We test this theoretical model using data from the 2008 Canadian federal election and a new survey question tapping voters' beliefs about whether their vote can make a difference. Our results show that sense of efficacy has a strong effect, efficacious voters being more prone to optimism. Competitiveness of the race also matters, but only among attentive voters. | |
dc.description.tableofcontents | 1. Methodology
2. Results
3. Conclusion
References | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | [EUDO Public Opinion Observatory] | en |
dc.title | Optimists and Skeptics: Why do people believe in the value of their single vote? | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.electstud.2010.09.008 | |