POLI 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship, Bounded Rationality
22 May 2018
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Vote Choice Theories
Broad discussion: Look at the different models.
I. Rational Choice
a. What it is
i. Actively seek out as much information as possible
ii. Research every alternative
iii. Maximize utility
iv. From a voting perspective: your vote choice with Candidate A or Candidate
B.What are the benefits that each of the candidates will bring, what are
negatives. Calculate. After that, make a decisison based off which candidate will
maximize utility
b. Assumptions: full knowledge/ full information.
i. Is this a valid assumption?
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c. This is cognitively difficult and very time consuming.
d. Rates based on retrospective and prospective. Retrospective example: in 2012 election,
thinking back to what Obama did in last 4 years. Prospective: predicting what the next 4
years will look like.
e. Ignores socialization, ignores partisanship.
f. Democratic party seen as better able to hand several domestic issues
i. Environment, abortion, health care, eduation, foreign policy, immigration and
government spending all for dems
ii. Taxes, trade, economy, gun policy and terrorist threat: republicans
g.
II. Fact and Frugal Decision Making
a. Single issue voting
b. Active search on a few salient issues
c. Limited information search
d. Focus on the most important issues to voter
e. Big example: abortion
f. What are the most important topics for voters in 2016?
i. Peretage of registered oters saig eah is er iportat to their ote i
2016
1. Economy
2. Terrorism
3. Foreign policy
4. Health care
5. Gun policy
6. Immigration
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Document Summary
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