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Bandwagon effects exist but are small in magnitude.1. The mechanism of bandwagon effects is partly strategic abstention by losing-side supporters.2.

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Bandwagon effects exist but are small in magnitude.

Pass 2: The Forensics, the Math, and the Philosophy of Canad
“The serious empirical literature (Kiss & Simonovits 2014 in *Public Choice*; Barnfield 2020 in *Political Studies Review*; Stolwijk & Vis 2021) finds that bandwagon effects exist but are small in magnitude”
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The mechanism of bandwagon effects is partly strategic abstention by losing-side supporters.

Pass 2: The Forensics, the Math, and the Philosophy of Canad
“The mechanism is partly *strategic abstention by losing-side supporters*, not affective preference shift.”
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