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Direct linkAbramson, Paul R. – PS: Political Science and Politics, 2010
During the six weeks before the 2008 elections, I conducted a contest for the 72 students enrolled in my upper-division course Campaigns and Elections. Using contract prices posted by Intrade.com, an electronic gaming market based in Dublin, I asked students to choose among 10 political outcomes. The "contracts" earned by each choice…
Descriptors: Elections, Internet, Foreign Countries, Political Issues
Hoffman, Donna R. – PS: Political Science and Politics, 2009
It is often a difficult proposition for introductory American government students to comprehend different electoral systems and how the rules of the game affect the representation that results. I have developed a simulation in which different proportional-based electoral systems are compared with a single-member plurality electoral system. In…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Elections, Simulation, Political Science
