Study finds that candidates can trend to extremes during the most highly competitive elections
Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Close elections fuel extreme ideological differences in party nominees. And that appeals to voters, say researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business. Researchers at CMU’s Tepper School of Business have studied voter behavior and found that when contests are perceived to be highly competitive, voters on both sides…
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