 Proximity-Based Preferences and Their Implications Based on Data from the Styrian Parliamentary Elections in 2019Christian Klamler ()
A chapter in Advances in Collective Decision Making, 2023, pp 337-354 from Springer Abstract: Abstract Single-peaked preferences in political models are usually determined on a left-right political scale via the distance between a voter’s optimal location along that scale and the candidates’ positions. In this paper, we want to use a sort of proximity approach based on data from an exit poll undertaken right after the Styrian Parliamentary Elections in 2019. First, we show that a single-peakedness model does not perfectly fit the data, because there is no unanimous agreement on the order of the parties along the political left-right scale. Second, declared preferences and proximity-based preferences do differ significantly indicating that other factors do play a role in determining the voters’ preferences. Third, the actual impact of those other factors on the election results will be specified by comparing the (hypothetical) election results, using different well-known voting rules, for two preference profiles, one based on the stated preferences and one determined by proximity-based preferences. Date: 2023 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:stcchp:978-3-031-21696-1_20 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-21696-1_20 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Studies in Choice and Welfare from Springer |
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