Dear Armchairs,
A question has been bothering me for sometime. The
question involves the hypothetical scenario as
follows. (I am new on this list and I hope I have
posed the problem in a clear way):
Lets assume that the advertisement behavior during
elections of political parties in a two
Political
Science Review, 89 (1): 49-61.
Alex Robson
ANU
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From: Arham Choudhury [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, 16 December 2002 11:27 AM
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Subject:Politics and Game Theory
Dear Armchairs,
A question has been bothering me
I don't know the answer to the problem as you stated
it. I did, however, recently work for a state Senate
campaign and asked alot of questions. One thing they
told me was that negative advertising only puts doubt
in the mind of the unaligned voters regarding the
opponent rather than winning any
I've long thought that the notion of negative campaigning is largely a
product of the statist-liberal media oligopoly. They don't much care for
other people--like candidates with whom they disagree--providing you with
information so they criticize such candidates for negative campaigning if
