Modeling surveys effects in political competitions

Authored by Alessandro Pluchino, Andrea Rapisarda, Alessio Emanuele Biondo

Date Published: 2018

DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2018.02.211

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Abstract

In this paper the impact of news media and surveys on electoral campaigns for political competitions is studied by means of an agent-based model, showing the dynamics of voters' opinions before elections. A small community of people, connected among them as a realistic social network, is exposed to the effects of periodic surveys, in order to analyze how the electoral consensus varies time, in several scenarios of a two-parties configuration. Results of performed simulations provide support to the idea that surveys and news may play a relevant role in driving political orientation. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Agent-based models behavior Dynamics Opinion dynamics Internet exposure elections Strategies Surveys Media bias Mass-communication Newspaper entry Public sphere Television