The Real Swing Voter's Curse

A key idea in political economy is that policy is often tailored to voters who are not ideologically attached - swing voters. We show, however, that in political environments where political parties can use repression and violence to exclude voters from elections, they may optimally target the swing政治经济学领域的一项核心观点指出，政策通常会针对无意识形态依附的选民——摇摆选民（swing voters）制定。然而我们的研究表明，在政党可借助镇压与暴力将选民排除在选举之外的政治环境中，政党可能会最优地瞄准摇摆选民（原文此处表述未完整）。