“there have been skilled organizers of opinion who understood the mystery well enough to create majorities on election day.” Although the reality of public opinion is now almost universally accepted, there is much variation in the way it is defined, reflecting in large measure the different ...
The same quantities disaggregated for cases when absolute or simple majorities are reached, are also reported in the middle and bottom panels, respectively. With a few exceptions, the effects of abstention on minority seems always positive in terms of preference representation (average gps reduction)...