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A Priori Voting Power: What Is It All About?

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  • Dan S. Felsenthal
  • Moshé Machover

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We explain the meaning of a priori voting power and outline how it is measured. We distinguish two intuitive notions as to what voting power means, leading to two approaches to measuring it. One conception, I‐power, focuses on a voter's potential influence over the outcome of decisions by a voting body. The second conception, P‐power, focuses on voters’ payoff, their expected share of a fixed winning ‘prize’. We discuss and rebut some philosophical and pragmatic objections, according to which a priori (as distinct from actual) voting power is worthless or inapplicable.

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  • Dan S. Felsenthal & Moshé Machover, 2004. "A Priori Voting Power: What Is It All About?," Political Studies Review, Political Studies Association, vol. 2(1), pages 1-23, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:pstrev:v:2:y:2004:i:1:p:1-23
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-9299.2004.00001.x
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