The sound of silence: minorities, abstention and democracy

A. E. Biondo; A. Pluchino; Roberto ZANOLA

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The sound of silence: minorities, abstention and democracy

A. E. Biondo, A. Pluchino, Roberto ZANOLA

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Despite the existence of an extensive literature, no definitive conclusion seems to emerge on the extent to which minorities are guaranteed by democratic rules in political systems. This paper contributes to this debate by proposing a modified Heigselmann and Krauss two-dimensional model of preferences in order to capture the role of abstention on minority representativeness. Regardless of the typology of abstention, simulation results show that voter abstention always benefits minorities.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-14
Number of pages	14
Journal	Entropy
Volume	24
Issue number	56
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/e24010056
Publication status	Published - 2022

Keywords

Democracy
Majority
Opinion dynamics
Regime
Turnout

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