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題名 Are we rational or not? The exploration of voter choices during the 2016 presidential and legislative elections in Taiwan
作者 李怡青
顏乃欣
Lee, I-Ching
Chen, Eva E.
Yen, Nai-Shing
Tsai, Chia-Hung
Cheng, Hsu-Po
貢獻者 心理系
關鍵詞 explicit and implicit political party preferences; ethnic identification; significant others` opinions; voter intention and choices; path model testing
日期 2017-10
上傳時間 17-Apr-2018 12:12:39 (UTC+8)
摘要 The decisions voters make—and whether those decisions are rational—have profound implications on the functionality of a democratic society. In this study, we delineated two criteria in evaluating voter rationality and weigh evidence of voter rationality versus irrationality. Furthermore, we compared models in two different elections in Taiwan to explore the reasons behind the irrational choices voters can make. Survey questions and an implicit association test (IAT) were administered prior to both elections among 197 voters in Taipei. These voters then reported their actual votes post-election. Model testing suggests that voters often are rational, but are more likely to make irrational choices in more important elections. Our findings indicate that voters generally aim to be diligent and to optimize their choices, even if they make less rational choices in the end. Further implications regarding elections and human rationality are discussed.
關聯 Frontiers in Psychology, 2017(8), 1762
資料類型 article
DOI https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01762
dc.contributor 心理系zh_Tw
dc.creator (作者) 李怡青zh_TW
dc.creator (作者) 顏乃欣zh_TW
dc.creator (作者) Lee, I-Chingen_US
dc.creator (作者) Chen, Eva E.en_US
dc.creator (作者) Yen, Nai-Shingen_US
dc.creator (作者) Tsai, Chia-Hungen_US
dc.creator (作者) Cheng, Hsu-Poen_US
dc.date (日期) 2017-10
dc.date.accessioned 17-Apr-2018 12:12:39 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 17-Apr-2018 12:12:39 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 17-Apr-2018 12:12:39 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/116879-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) The decisions voters make—and whether those decisions are rational—have profound implications on the functionality of a democratic society. In this study, we delineated two criteria in evaluating voter rationality and weigh evidence of voter rationality versus irrationality. Furthermore, we compared models in two different elections in Taiwan to explore the reasons behind the irrational choices voters can make. Survey questions and an implicit association test (IAT) were administered prior to both elections among 197 voters in Taipei. These voters then reported their actual votes post-election. Model testing suggests that voters often are rational, but are more likely to make irrational choices in more important elections. Our findings indicate that voters generally aim to be diligent and to optimize their choices, even if they make less rational choices in the end. Further implications regarding elections and human rationality are discussed.en_US
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dc.relation (關聯) Frontiers in Psychology, 2017(8), 1762
dc.subject (關鍵詞) explicit and implicit political party preferences; ethnic identification; significant others` opinions; voter intention and choices; path model testingen_US
dc.title (題名) Are we rational or not? The exploration of voter choices during the 2016 presidential and legislative elections in Taiwanen_US
dc.type (資料類型) article
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01762
dc.doi.uri (DOI) https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01762