Turnout equilibria with two supporters and one opponent

ID: turnout-equilibria-with-two-supporters-and-one-opponent

Suppose turnout costs , each supporter gains on passage, and the opponent loses . The symmetric-supporter Nash equilibria are and . Allowing different supporter probabilities adds and . These follow by comparing the pivotal voting probabilities with the turnout cost; no player benefits by changing their mixed strategy.

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