Condorcet polling can yield serendipitous clues about voter views

Richard Potthoff and Michael Munger

Public Choice, 2015, vol. 165, issue 1, 12 pages

Abstract: Condorcet polling provides additional information about pairwise rankings often obscured in standard polls when there are three or more candidates. This paper analyzes an original dataset collected from Duke University students in North Carolina concerning the 2014 Senate race, wherein a Democrat, a Republican, and a Libertarian contested the election. The results illustrate that Condorcet polling is feasible in such a context, and that the information provided changes the strategic calculus of voters in ways that may have a positive impact on the way votes are cast and choices considered. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015

Keywords: Polling; Politics; Condorcet; Elections; D72 (political processes); D83 (information/communication) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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