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In elections, your vote may be influenced by design of the ballot itself, especially when you don’t have strong feelings about which candidate to elect.

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Sources:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0261379415300998
https://academic.oup.com/poq/article-abstract/62/3/291/1936633?redirectedFrom=PDF
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1022946710610
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https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/butterfly-did-it-the-aberrant-vote-for-buchanan-in-palm-beach-county-florida/90253BB8ADFD43F862FCBFA4F0BF00A3
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2011-21800-012
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=496863

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https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/voting-gm94742926-5275226
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https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/usa-map-gm915786730-252022748
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/beautiful-young-black-girl-voting-gm1001754954-270761520
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/election-in-usa-undecided-voter-making-decision-gm617901656-107403011
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/distraught-african-american-woman-voting-gm537469872-95336603
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/voting-for-election-ballot-box-in-front-of-blackboard-gm598782926-102720773
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/voters-at-polling-place-gm1270975575-373728284
https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/hand-voting-in-paper-ballot-by-red-pencil-scbpbzvdqjlzq7vz6
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