Directional and Euclidean Theories of Voting Behavior
A Legislative Comparison
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6300859 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Glenn Platt, Keith T Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Howard L Rosenthal (0000-0001-5051-1341) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 561 |
| Publication date | 1992-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Legislative Studies Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0362-9805 • E-ISSN: 1939-9162 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2307/439866 |
| OpenAlex | W2315476435 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 7 |
Recent research by Rabinowitz and Macdonald (1989) claims that voting behavior is better accounted for by a directional model than by a traditional proximity or Euclidean model. This paper compares directional and Euclidean models using congressional roll-call voting data. For these relatively well-informed voters, we can unambiguously reject the directional model in favor of the traditional Euclidean spatial model. We conclude that congressional voting can indeed be very accurately represented by the Euclidean model
Euclidean geometry · Geometry · Legislature · Political science · Politics · Voting · Voting behavior · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Game Theory and Voting Systems · Law · Mathematics · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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Directional and proximity models of voter choice in recent US presidential elections
A basic tool set for a generalized directional model
On Attempting to Rehabilitate the Proximity Model
Issue Scales, Information Cues, and the Proximity and Directional Models of Voter Choice
No Evidence on Directional vs. Proximity Voting
The proximity and the directional theories of issue voting
Proximity and directional voting
Discriminating between the directional and proximity spatial models of electoral competition
Are Moderates Better Representatives than Extremists? A Theory of Indirect Representation
| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,48 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2020 (26) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |