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dc.contributor.authorBLAIS, André
dc.contributor.authorRHEAULT, Ludovic
dc.date.accessioned2012-01-18T14:32:56Z
dc.date.available2012-01-18T14:32:56Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationElectoral Studies, 2011, 30, 1, 77-82, Special Symposium on Electoral Democracy in the European Union
dc.identifier.issn0261-3794
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/19981
dc.descriptionPublication 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.descriptionThe 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.abstractWe 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.tableofcontents1. Methodology 2. Results 3. Conclusion References
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofseries[EUDO Public Opinion Observatory]en
dc.titleOptimists and Skeptics: Why do people believe in the value of their single vote?en
dc.typeArticleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.electstud.2010.09.008


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