The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies - New Edition

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How Gullible are We? A Review of the Evidence from Psychology and Social Science (2017, background): “The first is that people are likely to intuitively form wrong beliefs about the best way to run large-scale polities and economies (see, e.g., Caplan, 2007).”
Do voters demand responsive governments? Evidence from Indian disaster relief☆ (2012, background): “Similar effects have long been observed with respect to voters’ responses to the events they observe as well (Fair 1978, Caplan 2007, Bartels 2008).”
Breaking the filter bubble: democracy and design (2015, unknown): “Loss of autonomy caused by ﬁlters seems to be the main issue, according to the liberal view, while diversity of opinions and perspectives is not a concern.”
Myopic Voters and Natural Disaster Policy (2009, background): “Subsequent research showed that voters lack political knowledge (Delli Carpini and Keeter 1996), possess misinformation (Kuklinski et al. 2000), and often make seemingly irrational electoral decisions (Bartels 2008; Caplan 2007; Lau and Redlawsk 2006).”
Applying the Theory of Affective Intelligence to Support for Authoritarian Policies and Parties (2019, background): “In that model, citizens failing to meet the requirements threaten the very heart of democratic institutions (Achen & Bartels, 2016; Caplan, 2007; Dahl, 1992; Somin, 2016).”