Popular Delusions:  How Social Conformity Molds Society and Politics
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List of Figures

Figure 1-1. Collective behavior on the conformity dimension.

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Figure 3-1. Entropy associated with an event of probability p.

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Figure 3-2. The relationship between turnout, turnout entropy H(T), and perceived conformity.

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Figure 3-3. The percentage of less common baby names (not in the top three) over the 20th century: An indicator of nonconformity.

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Figure 3-4. Relationship between less common baby names and voter turnout, 1952–1996.

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Figure 3-5. Relationship between census reporting rates and state voter turnout in 2000.

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Figure 3-6. Relationship between census reporting entropy and state voter turnout in 2000.

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Figure 3-7. Relationship between abortion rates and voter turnout.

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