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Information and Ideological Structure in Spatial Voting
並列摘要
This article aims at unifying the theory of spatial voting and the theory that is variously called conceptualization, information, or sophistication. Following Downs's early insights on uncertainty as well as recent developments in both literatures, I argue that it is of critical importance that spatial voting models explicitly incorporate information effects. For this purpose, I develop a heteroskedastic probit model that allows for the specification of information heterogeneity. This model is applied to the Taiwan Election and Democratization Study's 2004 post-presidential election survey data. In 2004, Taiwan’s political landscape was dominantly defined by the Green vs. Blue ideological cleavage, and the candidates were perceived as taking divergent positions. This article investigates the effects of information and activism on the spatial structure and their implications on candidates' strategies. My findings confirm the existence of these effects on voter uncertainty in the framework of spatial analysis.
並列關鍵字
Information ； uncertainty ； spatial theory of voting ； median voter theorem ； minimum-sum point ； heteroskedastic probit ； information shortcuts ； political knowledge ； political deliberation ； political sophistication ； political activism ； political activists ； Taiwan 2004 presidential election ； Chen Shui-bian ； Lien Chan ； political cleavage ； national identity ； Pan-Green ； Pan-Blue ； TEDS參考文獻
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