[institut] SCL seminar: Universality in voting behavior, M. Mitrovic, cetvrtak, 4. april, 14:00

[Antun Balaz]

Postovane koleginice i kolege,

Pozivam vas da u cetvrtak, 4. aprila 2013. godine dodjete na SCL seminar koji ce u biblioteci Instituta za fiziku sa pocetkom u 14 casova odrzati Marija Mitrovic (Department of Biomedical Engineering and Computational Science, Aalto University, Finland). Naziv seminara je

Universality in voting behavior

Abstract:

Statistical physics provides a conceptual framework for studying large-scale social phenomena. Elections represent a valuable area for quantitative study of human behavior. In proportional elections with open lists, the performance of the candidates within the same party list has the same distribution regardless of the country and the year of the election. The study of election data sets from  different countries with open-list proportional systems confirms that nations with similar election rules belong to the same universality class. Deviations from this trend are associated with differences in the election rules. Our analysis reveals that voting process is characterized by the dynamics that does not depend on the historical, political or economical context where the voters operate.


Srdacan pozdrav,
Antun Balaz

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Antun Balaz
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