Homophily in voting behavior: Evidence from preferential voting.
Homophily—the preference for people similar in their characteristics—is a strong determinant of many types of human relationships. It affects, for example, whom we marry and potentially also whom we vote for. We use data on preferential voting from eight (1996–2021) Czech parliamentary elections mat...
| Publicado en: | Kyklos Vol. 76; no. 2; pp. 281 - 301 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
May2023
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