POL314H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Anthony Downs
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Last lecture: anthony down"s political party characterise poli party as some kind of banquets voters can select items from banquet there"s a logic in the presentation of the banquet between strategic position of poli parties. If don"t care proportional election, minority and coalition govt. If care single district, first past the post, majority govt. Down assumed we all used simplified assumptions. Neil"s challenge to down: q. if the choices are real and clear, directional theory of voters, q. Are poli parties rewarded electorally by being distinct to their competitors or by being close to their competitors. Read rabinowitz, g. & macdonald s. e. (1989). Theory of issue voting. : spatial theory of voting preference curves spread (with some overlap) on the same axis, but with different area and peak. Rabinowitz and macdonald: directional (clearly being on a particular side of issue) These two cases together makes a strong case that .
