Biases in elections with well-informed voters : Evidence from public voting for football awards

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F22%3A00130127" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/22:00130127 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ssqu.13216" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ssqu.13216</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.13216" target="_blank" >10.1111/ssqu.13216</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Biases in elections with well-informed voters : Evidence from public voting for football awards

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Objectives How much does group membership influence voting behavior? This article adds to existing work by considering a novel context where voting is public and voters are well-informed. Methods The article analyzes public votes in a prominent award for the best football player in the world. It uses ordered probit regressions to assess the extent to which votes by players, coaches, and journalists are related to national, regional, cultural, racial, and religious affinities between voters and candidates controlling for measures of player performance and celebrity. Results The estimates indicate that while player performance does matter, a number of group-based characteristics continue to influence voting. Some of these effects appear to be rooted in incentives—a tendency to vote for co-nationals and teammates—but others—such as a tendency to vote based on geographical, racial, and religious similarities—are rooted more in group affinities. Conclusions The analysis provides relatively strong support for the group-based theory of democracy championed by Achen and Bartels as opposed to a theory of democracy founded on individual rational choice. The specific case considered suggests that more attention should be given to the composition of juries that choose the winners of prizes.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Biases in elections with well-informed voters : Evidence from public voting for football awards

Popis výsledku anglicky

Objectives How much does group membership influence voting behavior? This article adds to existing work by considering a novel context where voting is public and voters are well-informed. Methods The article analyzes public votes in a prominent award for the best football player in the world. It uses ordered probit regressions to assess the extent to which votes by players, coaches, and journalists are related to national, regional, cultural, racial, and religious affinities between voters and candidates controlling for measures of player performance and celebrity. Results The estimates indicate that while player performance does matter, a number of group-based characteristics continue to influence voting. Some of these effects appear to be rooted in incentives—a tendency to vote for co-nationals and teammates—but others—such as a tendency to vote based on geographical, racial, and religious similarities—are rooted more in group affinities. Conclusions The analysis provides relatively strong support for the group-based theory of democracy championed by Achen and Bartels as opposed to a theory of democracy founded on individual rational choice. The specific case considered suggests that more attention should be given to the composition of juries that choose the winners of prizes.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50601 - Political science

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Social Science Quarterly

ISSN

0038-4941

e-ISSN

1540-6237

Svazek periodika

103

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

7

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

21

Strana od-do

1551-1571

Kód UT WoS článku

000871245100001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85140395058