Date of Award
Spring 2021
Thesis Type
Open Access
Degree Name
Honors Bachelor of Arts
Department
Political Science
Sponsor
Donald Davison
Committee Member
Philip Kozel
Committee Member
Julia Maskivker
Abstract
The decade preceding 2020 has brought into question the political rationality of the average American voter, as it seems many individuals may vote against what is best for themselves. This begs a simple question, are American voters voting in their won rational self-interest, this project looks into a myriad of theories on voter rationality and the processes behind how voters may calculate or come to their voter decisions in an election in order to answer these questions. Then using the 2012 Cooperative Congressional Election Survey creates a method to analyze whether a specific group within the US is voting rationally, that group being the working class.
Recommended Citation
Marvel, Asael, "Voter Rationality in the United States" (2021). Honors Program Theses. 155.
https://scholarship.rollins.edu/honors/155
Rights Holder
Asael Rex Marvel
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