PhD Student
Economics for everybody : The regret of voters after the results of an election by Lily Savey
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Voting decisions are complex, and the definition of a “good” voting choice is not easy to determine: between 30% and 60% of voters report that they are not fully satisfied with their vote choice in the immediate aftermath of an election*.
Lily Savey identifies several factors that may explain voters’ regret, based on a survey conducted during the 2022 French presidential election.
* Blais, A. & Kilibarda A., 2016, “Correct voting and post-election regret“, Political Science & Politics, 49(4), 761-765.
Lily Savey is a PhD student at the Paris School of Economics and at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. She studies voting behavior using methods from behavioral economics, political science and psychology. More specifically, her research focuses on the distinction between strategic and expressive voting, and on voting regret.