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... > social science subjects > psychology > social psychology > group dynamics > group influence > power (sociology) > power and political science > vote-maximizing parties

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vote-maximizing parties  

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  • Typically, spatial models of voting and elections are based on the behavioral assumption that political parties competing in elections seek to garner the highest number of ballots possible and thereby obtain governmental power. In other words, they are vote-maximizing parties. [Source: Encyclopedia of Power; Vote-Maximizing Parties]

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