Do Simultaneous Elections Lower the Average Quality of Voter Decision Making?

• In Event: Voter Preferences and Electoral Outcomes

Brief Overview

We examine correct voting in 326 congressional elections between 2010 and 2020, asking whether the quality of voter decision making declines when there are other high-level elections (president, senator, governor) on the ballot.

Author

• Richard R. Lau, Rutgers University-New Brunswick