The Basic Logic of Voting. Downs, A. An Economic Theory of Democracy, 1957. ISBN: 0060417501
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In Order to plan its policies so as to gain votes, the government must discover some relationship between what it does and how citizens vote. In out model, the relationship is derived from the axiom that citizens act rationally in politics. This axiom implies that each citizen casts his vote for the party he believes will provide him more benefits than any other. Through this definition seems obvious, it is actually based upon concepts which are both complex and ambiguous. In this chapter we examine them carefully in order to show what "rational voting" really implies.
@article{Downs1957,
	title = {The {Basic} {Logic} of {Voting}},
	issn = {00434078},
	doi = {10.2307/444355},
	abstract = {In Order to plan its policies so as to gain votes, the government must discover some relationship between what it does and how citizens vote. In out model, the relationship is derived from the axiom that citizens act rationally in politics. This axiom implies that each citizen casts his vote for the party he believes will provide him more benefits than any other. Through this definition seems obvious, it is actually based upon concepts which are both complex and ambiguous. In this chapter we examine them carefully in order to show what "rational voting" really implies.},
	journal = {An Economic Theory of Democracy},
	author = {Downs, Anthony},
	year = {1957},
	note = {ISBN: 0060417501},
	pages = {36--74},
}

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