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    More knowledgeable electorates secure more representative policy outcomes for everyone  

More knowledgeable electorates secure more representative policy outcomes for everyone  

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Having an informed electorate is traditionally considered a necessary prerequisite for realizing participatory democracy, as this enables voters to make meaningful choices about who they elect and to hold officials accountable for their actions. But do more informed electorates lead to more favorable policy outcomes? In new research which uses state-level data, William P. Jaeger, Jeffrey Lyons, and Jennifer […]

October 26th, 2016|Democracy and culture, Jeffrey Lyons, Jennifer Wolak, William P. Jaeger|0 Comments|
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    When politicians and governments fail, people blame the other party no matter what they are told by experts.

When politicians and governments fail, people blame the other party no matter what they are told by experts.

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Government failure and inaction has become an increasingly common aspect of the U.S. political system, whether it is due to political polarization as in the government’s shutdown in 2013, or through poor planning, which characterized the rollout of the Obamacare website. But how do voters apportion blame for these sorts of failures? In new research, that tests how people […]

August 19th, 2014|Democracy and culture, Elections and party politics across the US, Jeffrey Lyons, William P. Jaeger|0 Comments|
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