TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Frustrated majorities: how issue intensity enables smaller groups of voters to get what they want by Seth J. Hill
JO  - Political science quarterly
A1  - Albert, Zachary
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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 "frustrated majorities" as the byproduct, in part, of imbalances in issue intensity. When voters care intensely about a particular issue and engage in "costly political action" 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0032-3195
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/psquar/qqad086
ID  - ref1
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