POLD50H3 Lecture 16: lecture 16
8 May 2016
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Mid-term: theoretical framework imagine as a structure with compartments that you can fit stuff into, 1. You can"t understand anything about politics unless you understand what people have to say politics is about people: 2. Voting behaviour: the study of voting behaviour comes down to two questions: The calculus of voting: economists have a way of clarifying muddled thinking can expose muddled thinking, equation u(v) = p(b) c. The utility of your vote is the function of the probability of your benefit that you receive from the vote minus the cost of voting. If the utility of voting is greater than 0 you vote, if it is less than. 0 you don"t vote and if it is 0 then you are indifferent. By benefit, we mean: key point about turnout. Why people do vote rather than not vote. Expression people talk just for the sake of talking.
