What drives people to vote the way they do?
A new study using data on charity donations highlights the role of moral values
Understanding how voters choose a candidate is a fundamental topic in political science. In an ideal democracy, voters would study policy manifestos and pick the slate that most closely matches their views. Reality, however, is messier.
This article appeared in the Graphic detail section of the print edition under the headline “Red giveaway”
Chart source: “Universalism and political representation”, by B. Enke et al., NBER working paper
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