Econ 309 Collective Choice
Lecture notes for Collective Choice and Voting
For interest on voting:
Hotelling Model of Location (Video)
Downs Model of the Median Voter (MRU Video)
Tyler Cowen on Downs's Median Voter Theorem (New York Times, February 6, 2010)
Why does the US have only two major parties? Duverger's Law!
"Rational Choice Theory and the Paradox of Not Voting", Timothy Feddersen (Winter 2004) The Journal of Economic Perspectives
What's the probability of being the median voter in a presidential election?
Voting fraud MAKES NO SENSE! (Slate, October 26, 2010)
How do professions differ in terms of political orientation? (And in case you didn't know, professors are commies) (Ideological Geography, February 19, 2010)
For interest on Rawls:
For fun:
Much political coverage in the press is just foolish noise (Slate, June 4, 2010)
Efficient voting, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
"I'm just a Bill" (School House Rock)
"I'm an Amendment to Be" (Simpsons take on School House Rock)
Homer Simpson voting
Kent Brockman on collective choice
Some famous American spoiler candidates
Who is the median voter? The Daily Show's John Oliver's analysis.
Undecided voters can determine the outcome of an election (SNL, 2012)
Pivotal voter models of Obama and Congress
Dictatorship generally is a bad thing.
Median voter: Worst case scenario (Kevin Costner!)
Mathematician, author, voting theorist, perv. The life of the man known as "Lewis Carroll."