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    "abstract": "Election results are determined by numerous social factors that affect the\nformation of opinion of the voters, including the network of interactions\nbetween them and the dynamics of opinion influence. In this work we study the\nresult of proportional elections using an opinion dynamics model similar to\nsimple opinion spreading over a complex network. Erdos-Renyi, Barabasi-Albert,\nregular lattices and randomly augmented lattices are considered as models of\nthe underlying social networks. The model reproduces the power law behavior of\nnumber of candidates with a given number of votes found in real elections with\nthe correct slope, a cutoff for larger number of votes and a plateau for small\nnumber of votes. It is found that the small world property of the underlying\nnetwork is fundamental for the emergence of the power law regime.",
    "arxiv_id": "physics/0603044",
    "authors": [
      "Gonzalo Travieso",
      "Luciano da Fontoura Costa"
    ],
    "categories": [
      "physics.soc-ph",
      "cond-mat.dis-nn",
      "cond-mat.stat-mech"
    ],
    "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevE.74.036112",
    "journal_ref": "Physical Review E, 74, 036112, 2006",
    "title": "The Spread of Opinions and Proportional Voting",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0603044"
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