Unveiling the vote¶
Brennan, G., & Pettit, P. (1990). Unveiling the vote. British Journal of Political Science, 20(3), 311-333.
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- Public vs. Private Contexts
- Public commitment to a political position increases escalation of commitment—individuals defend positions more vigorously once they are on record, even as private doubts accumulate, an effect Brennan and Pettit (1990) examine in their analysis of unveiling versus secret voting.
This sourceAnalyzes the secret ballot as a mechanism that systematically alters voting behavior: removing public observation enables expression of preferences suppressed under reputation-stake voting, with implications for democratic theory.
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The abstract confirms the paper compares open and secret voting, but argues open voting improves accountability; it says nothing about escalation of commitment or accumulating private doubts.
“Under open voting, citizens are publicly answerable for their electoral choices and will be encouraged thereby to vote in a discursively defensible manner.”
- Public commitment to a political position increases escalation of commitment—individuals defend positions more vigorously once they are on record, even as private doubts accumulate, an effect Brennan and Pettit (1990) examine in their analysis of unveiling versus secret voting.
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