POL 324 Lecture 3: Lecture 3
5 Feb 2019
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Point 1: observe differences between congress, president, state. Point 2: can identify certain patterns to competition. Point 3: difficult to characterize if competition increasing/decreasing. Competition and participation participation and the chance of influencing the outcome] Parties know where to allocate money and resources too. Level of competition: difference between winner and loser. The calculus of voting (downs): c > bp. Argues that the [cost of participation] is always going to be greater than [benefits of. Cost of participation: taking time out of your day, opportunity cost. In reality you have zero chance of influencing the outcome of a congressional or. Adds another term into the equation: c < bp +d. The more competitive an election is, the more likely the d term will increase. Fairly close election but tv networks were already predicting that bush would win. Voting in u. s. at lower rate than other democracies.
