Social norms and the paradox of elections' turnout ∗

摘要: People vote although their marginal gain from voting is zero.We contribute to the resolution of this paradox by presentinga model for equilibrium configuration attitudes regardingthe decision vote. Each individual seen as an element ofa social network, within which pairs individuals expressideas and attitudes, exerting mutual influence. We therole such networks in propagating influenceacross individuals. show that it may suffice thata small set have a strong feeling about showingup generate significant turnout elections.