Title: Experimental Tests on Voting

1. An introduction of first past the post (FPTP) as well as proportional representation (PR) elections

2. An evaluation of the results of the study by Blais and colleagues (2014)

3. Strengths of these tests

4. Weaknesses of these tests

Key source:

Blais,B., Pilet,J., Straeten, K.V.D. Laslier,J. & Heroux-Legault, M. (2014). To vote or to abstain? An Experimental test of rational calculus in first past

         the post and PR elections. Electoral Studies, 36 (2014), 9-50.

Number of words: 1,641 (approximately 5.5 pages)