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Shortcuts Versus Encyclopedias: Information and Voting Behavior in California Insurance Reform Elections

Lupia, Arthur·1994·American Political Science Review

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Voters in mass elections are notorious for their apparent lack of information about relevant political matters. While some scholars argue that an electorate of well-informed voters is necessary for the production of responsive electoral outcomes, others argue that apparently ignorant voters will suffice because they can adapt their behavior to the complexity of electoral choice. To evaluate the validity of these arguments, I develop and analyze a survey of California voters who faced five complicated insurance reform ballot initiatives. I find that access to a particular class of widely available information shortcuts allowed badly informed voters to emulate the behavior of relatively well informed voters. This finding is suggestive of the conditions under which voters who lack encyclopedic information about the content of electoral debates can nevertheless use information shortcuts to vote as though they were well informed.

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“Although there is ample evidence suggesting that readily available cues assist people in making such decisions (Bowler and Donovan, 1998; Lupia, 1994), the act of participating in a referendum nevertheless presents the citizens with additional cognitive costs of participation.”
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Authors: Lupia, A.
Affiliations: University of California San Diego (US)
Corresponding author: Lupia, Arthur
ORCID: Lupia, Arthur
Venue: American Political Science Review
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published: 1994-03
Volume: 88
Issue: 1
Pages: 63-76
ISSN: 0003-0554 (ISSN-L)
1537-5943
DOI: 10.2307/2944882
OpenAlex: W2012728340
Cited by: 1,850
References: 31
Citations by year: 2026: 53 · 2025: 63 · 2024: 49 · 2023: 79 · 2022: 99 · 2021: 82 · 2020: 119 · 2019: 67 · 2018: 118 · 2017: 65 · 2016: 73 · 2015: 72 · 2014: 60 · 2013: 81 · 2012: 69
FWCI: 57.79
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 7125 d)
Locations: American Political Science Review (publishedVersion)
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Electoral Systems and Political Participation
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Media Influence and Politics
Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Game Theory and Voting Systems
Keywords: voter information, encyclopedic knowledge, voting behavior, ballot initiatives, insurance reform, California elections

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Shortcuts Versus Encyclopedias: Information and Voting Behavior in California Insurance Reform Elections

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