A New Spatial-Balance Model of Voting: Theorems and Econometric Implications suggesting New Interpretations of Existing Results about Policy Voting

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Brief Overview

New mathematical theorems and econometric specifications follow from a formal model of voting with congruence of candidate and voter positions, projection from vote choice to candidate positions, and persuasion from vote choice to voter positions

Author

• Henry E. Brady, University of California-Berkeley