POLS 489 Lecture 16: Heterogenous Economic Voting in New Democracies
1 Dec 2016
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Belief that political sophistication and those more educated are more likely to engage in economic voting. Government -> economic policy (governments shape economic outcomes) There must be trust in the government to be an economic voter. Trust in the government means that individuals think politicians will honor their promises, and they will conform to the public opinion. People have been trained to believe and trust in politicians. Some countries do not have the same democratic accountability or trust in the government. For economic voting there must be belief in that politicians will do what is asked of them. Voter sophisti(cid:272)ation goes into the a(cid:271)ility to (cid:862)untie(cid:863) the politi(cid:272)al knot. Those more politically sophisticated are less likely to engage in economic voting. More likely to engage in pocket book voting: macro vs micro economic voting. Egotropic casting vote based on personal life in the recent past economically.
