The Third Choice in Condorcet's Paradox: Preference Realignments and the Politics of Status Quo

• In Event: Theories of Campaigns and Electoral Behavior

Brief Overview

I revisit Condorcet's paradox with three policy options - growth, redistribution, and status quo - to show how changes in inequality and growth can create a pivotal constituency that prefers the status quo to both conventional alternatives.

Author

• Jonghoon Lee, Arkansas State University, Main Campus