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Voting correctly is a concept from political psychology that means a vote decision "that is the same as the choice which would have been made under conditions of full information."[1] Measurements of correct votes are used to determine how accurate low-information voters are at determining the candidate or party that best represents the voters' interests.

Notes and references

  1. ^ Lau, Richard R.; David P. Redlawsk (September 1997). "Voting Correctly". American Political Science Review. 91 (3). American Political Science Association: 585–598. doi:10.2307/2952076. JSTOR 2952076.