POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Peter Ordeshook, William Riker, Anthony Downs
14 Sep 2016
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P means the probability of your vote being decisive. B is the bene t that you get from your preferred candidate winning. Under this set up, cost always outweighs bene ts, so it is irrational to vote. William riker and peter ordeshook and the d term. Entire life, people tell you how important voting is. Social pressure and shame people into voting. Generally accepted we have heritable traits such as temper or outgoing-ness; also some evidence that seems to indicate there are genetic components which relate to our likelihood to vote. The road to women"s suffrage, 1848 to 1920. The denial of african american suffrage, 1870 to 1965. Civil rights act and voting rights act. Registration deadlines, vote by mail, early voting. Mail voting, early voting are referred to as convenience voting . We focus on voting as being the main form of participation, but many other ways to be engaged and participate in politics.
