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Voters’ Expectations in Constituency Elections without Local Polls

  • How do voters form accurate expectations about the strength of political candidates in constituency elections if there are no reliable constituency polls available? We argue that voters can use national election polls and past election results to increase the accuracy of their expectations. A survey experiment during the German federal election of 2021 confirms that the provision of national election polls and past results increases the accuracy of voters’ expectations. The analysis further shows that voters leverage the information to update their beliefs. The results have relevant implications for debates about belief formation in low-information environments.

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Document Type:Article
Language:English
Author(s):Lukas F. Stoetzer, Mark A. KayserORCiD, Arndt Leininger, Andreas E. Murr
Parent Title (English):Public Opinion Quarterly
Publication year:2024
Publishing Institution:Hertie School
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/nfae015
Release Date:2024/04/22
Article Number:nfae015
AY 23/24:AY 23/24
Licence of document (German):Metadaten / metadata
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