@article{ref1,
title="Frustrated majorities: how issue intensity enables smaller groups of voters to get what they want by Seth J. Hill",
journal="Political science quarterly",
year="2023",
author="Albert, Zachary",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Why do elected officials often fail to take action in line with the preferences of the majority of voters? This ambitious question sits at the heart of democratic theory; much ink has been spilled on the topic. Seth J. Hill's intervention into this field in Frustrated Majorities is all the more impressive for these reasons. Hill develops and probes a parsimonious theory that explains &quot;frustrated majorities&quot; as the byproduct, in part, of imbalances in issue intensity. When voters care intensely about a particular issue and engage in &quot;costly political action&quot; to convey that intensity to elected officials, rational office-seekers will sometimes side with a vocal and intense minority over the preferences of a less intense majority. The sure-to-be controversial implication is that antimajoritarian actions are not always a sign of democratic underperformance.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0032-3195",
doi="10.1093/psquar/qqad086",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/psquar/qqad086"
}