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Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government Is Smarter

11 Jun 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics, economics of information, income redistribution, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: rational ignorance, rational irrationality, voter demographics

Who is voting for #Brexit

02 Jun 2016 1 Comment

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The wealthy are more likely to support stricter environmental regulation

13 May 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of regulation, environmental economics, Public Choice Tags: expressive voting, rational irrationality, voter demographics

I imagine him in the White House – @jeremycorbyn’s like someone who got lost from the tour

09 May 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in Public Choice Tags: British politics, focus groups, voter demographics

Source: Jeremy Corbyn A ‘Scruffy Worzel Gummidge,’ Say Voters Of Nuneaton.

Winning the lottery makes you into right-wingers

29 Apr 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in labour economics, labour supply, Public Choice Tags: lottery winners, voter demographics

Source: Money makes people right-wing and inegalitarian | VOX, CEPR’s Policy Portal.

Forget avoidance outrage: public’s real attitude to tax is revealed by their actions @JordNZ

21 Apr 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of media and culture, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics Tags: British economy, British politics, expressive voting, growth of government, rational irrationality, revealed preference, size of government, voter demographics

Source: Panama Papers: Forget avoidance outrage: The public’s real attitude to tax is revealed by their actions | City A.M.

Americans used to be much more trusting of government

15 Apr 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, income redistribution, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: rational ignorance, rational irrationality, special interests, voter demographics

Few Americans think that government is run "for the benefit of all the people" https://t.co/n3moZ2U9Ey pic.twitter.com/0z9dk6682z

— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) January 31, 2016

Trust in government, by party: 1958-2015 https://t.co/9Tmb4wFBiC pic.twitter.com/xneQDGitTN

— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) January 31, 2016

A libertarian Venn diagram

09 Apr 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in liberalism, libertarianism Tags: voter demographics

Partisans divides on foreign threats in the USA

12 Feb 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in defence economics, economics of media and culture, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election, climate alarmism, foreign policy, global warming, voter demographics

Russia ranks lower on global threats list for both Dems (40% major threat) and Reps (50%) https://t.co/MYSgOs1jAN pic.twitter.com/WTObuozxXY

— Jocelyn Kiley (@jocelynkiley) February 5, 2016

It is the 1960s hippies who are letting marijuana decriminalisation down at the ballot box

11 Jan 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: baby boomers, marijuana decriminalisation, rational irrationality, voter demographics

By generation, 68% of #Millennials favor #Marijuana legalization vs ~half of #GenX, #BabyBoomers; just 29% of Silents pic.twitter.com/882nRHGwbF

— Alec Tyson (@alec_h_tyson) April 16, 2015

Politics and declining religiosity

26 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of religion Tags: voter demographics

There's a strong correlation between politics and declining religiosity in America: bit.ly/1sSgUAq http://t.co/lnPZ7yx98M—
Boston Review (@BostonReview) October 18, 2014

Voter turnout rates among the less educated have collapsed since the 1970s

23 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of education, economics of media and culture, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: expressive voting, rational ignorance, voter demographics, voter turnout

https://twitter.com/esoltas/status/672270203925975040

Public opinion about the profit margin of Wal-Mart

18 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in industrial organisation, organisational economics Tags: creative destruction, the alertness, The meaning of competition, voter demographics, Walmart

Have the Young Abandoned Free Speech

16 Dec 2015 1 Comment

by Jim Rose in liberalism Tags: Age of Enlightenment, expressive voting, free speech, tolerance, voter demographics

From me, with a shoutout to @jawillick: "Have the Young Abandoned Free Speech?" https://t.co/cSaV6OSyhk pic.twitter.com/B62BoJPjiU

— Robert VerBruggen (@RAVerBruggen) November 23, 2015

Are Republican voters becoming climate alarmists?

03 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA Tags: climate alarmism, expressive voting, rational ignorance, rational rationality, voter demographics

By almost any metric, belief in climate change is on the rise among GOP Voters pic.twitter.com/pPyt5Cn7Kt

— Adrian Gray (@adrian_gray) November 30, 2015

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