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Voting correctly.

American Political Science Review,  September, 1997  by Lau, Richard R.; Redlawsk, David P.

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An experiment was performed to assess if people vote correctly. It aimed at informing electorates on how 'correct voting' should be executed, obtaining a workable measuring devise in gauging correct voting and analyzing the effectiveness of such devise in American setting. The results showed that during five American presidential elections from 1972 to 1988, three fourths of the electorates in the US demonstrated 'correct voting'.

The classic texts of democratic theory (such as J. S. Mill and Rousseau) assume that for a democracy to function properly the average citizen should be interested ...

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