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The Social and Economic Determinants of Voter Behaviour: Evidence from the 1992 General Election In Scotland

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This paper presents a model of voter choice which embodies less restrictive assumptions than those previously applied to UK elections and opinion polls, relaxing the standard assumption of the ‘Independence of Irrelevant Alternatives’ and allowing for voters to ‘group’ electoral alternatives perceived to be particularly similar to each other. Application of the model to the Scottish General Election results for 1992 indicates that relaxation of this assumption is necessary. In addition, the paper provides evidence on the socio‐economic determinants of voter choice, and the relative magnitudes of the effects of income, local unemployment and social class.

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  • David Fielding, 1998. "The Social and Economic Determinants of Voter Behaviour: Evidence from the 1992 General Election In Scotland," Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Scottish Economic Society, vol. 45(3), pages 237-257, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:scotjp:v:45:y:1998:i:3:p:237-257
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-9485.00094
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    1. Jones, Philip & Dawson, Peter, 2007. "`Choice' in collective decision-making processes: Instrumental or expressive approval?," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 36(1), pages 102-117, February.
    2. Grzegorz Krochmal, 2020. "Sentiment of tweets and socio-economic characteristics as the determinants of voting behavior at the regional level. Case study of 2019 Polish parliamentary election," Papers 2010.03493, arXiv.org.

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