*** It explains why people are participating or not Some aspects of our intuitions are true and others aren't pB - C > 0 **pB** = is the [[expected benefit of voting]] B = *party differential*, difference between the benefit a voter can expect from one candidate vs from another candidate. [[préférences politiques|political preferences]] of the voters about candidates. En gros s'il agit est-ce que pour lui ça changerait bcp les choses qu'untel soit élu. Et on voit que [[economic globalization and neoliberalism have forced political parties to adopt the same economic policies]], ça diminue B p = probability that a particular of an individual vote will influence the result of the election = [[high probability of casting the decisive vote reduces abstention]] **C** = is the expected [[cost of voting]] Voters vote whenever the cost is inferior to the benefit Abstraction happen whenever pB - C ≤ 0 or p = 0 or B = 0 ## Notes de bas de page ``` dataview TABLE length(file.outlinks) AS "Liens sortants", length(file.inlinks) AS "Liens entrants" WHERE file.path = this.file.path ```