Steven Levitt says that he has a “good indicator” that Aaron Edlin, Noah Kaplan, Nate Silver, and I are “not so smart”
Here's the transcript (link from here): DUBNER: So Levitt, how
The Long Run Dynamics of Territorial Disputes
In my last post I suggested that public reactions of
Compared to national popular vote, the electoral college favors voters in small states (on average), not large states. It’s because of those extra 2 electoral votes that each state gets!
The other day, in discussing the virtues of the electoral
Yes, it can be rational to vote. Yes, your vote could determine the outcome of the election. Maybe if 90% of well-educated, older white people do something, we shouldn’t be so quick to dismiss it as “irrational.” Etc.
Seeing as the Freakonomics people were kind enough to link
Why Such a Quick Coalition Formation?
I agree with Matt Yglesias that it is pretty amazing
What Do We Know About Minority Governments?
And so the British have their "hung parliament." While there
Ideological Polarization and the Lib Dem vote.
"Matthew Yglesias":http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2010/05/blame-the-electoral-system-or-blame-the-party-leaders.php talks about the UK party system. bq. For
Free polsci journals for you
The _British Journal of Political Science_ (usually regarded as not