First, we check whether we can replicate some of the findings in the literature concerning equilibrium selection and the use and impact of costly signals. Second, and foremost, the comparative statics implications of the game are studied. The comparative statics results, however, clearly point in the direction of the decision model. Particularly, a decision model in which players are assumed to adapt beliefs about opponent's choice probabilities in response to experience in previous play, appears to succeed best in organizing the data. We find that Condorcet losers occasionally win regardless of the voting rule or presence of polls.
Voters appear to poll and vote strategically.
In elections, voters usually cast votes that are consistent with some strategic equilibrium. By the end of an election series, most votes are consistent with a single equilibrium, although that equilibrium varies by experimental group and voting rule.