Experiments on the Reaction of Citizens to New Voting Rules: A Survey

Chapitre d'ouvrage: This paper is a survey of what we learned from experiments about how innovations in the field of voting are received. Different experimental methods have been used: in the laboratory, on line and in situ. Preferences for voting rules are driven by self-interest, by a quest for simplicity and are also correlated with political attitudes. For most rules, voters show no cognitive barriers to their use, but for more complex rules, serious misunderstanding can appear.

Auteur(s)

Jean-François Laslier

Titre de l’ouvrage
  • The Future of Digital Democracy
Date de publication
  • 2019
Pages
  • 14-23
Version
  • 1