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    The Altruism Theory of Voting Behavior proposes that voters act altruistically by voting for candidates they believe will benefit their community as a whole, not just themselves. It suggests individuals derive personal utility from influencing elections to help the community, and that social preferences for community welfare overcome selfish interests in determining voting choices. This theory was applied in a study of voting preferences among members of a religious organization, hypothesizing their community involvement made them more altruistic voters.

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    The Altruism Theory of Voting Behavior proposes that voters act altruistically by voting for candidates they believe will benefit their community as a whole, not just themselves. It suggests individuals derive personal utility from influencing elections to help the community, and that social preferences for community welfare overcome selfish interests in determining voting choices. This theory was applied in a study of voting preferences among members of a religious organization, hypothesizing their community involvement made them more altruistic voters.

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    Altruism Theory in Voting

    The Altruism Theory of Voting Behavior of James H. Fowler is a model which states that citizens who
    belong to a democratic country possessed a socially-based preference for the good and welfare of
    the others[ CITATION Fow06 \l 13321 ] . In his idea, the condition and well-being of the community
    contributes to an individual’s voting preferences. It proposes that an individual or single voter can
    simply derive a personal utility from influencing or affecting the outcome of election favoring to the
    political candidate that they consider or believe to have the capacity to implement policies that will
    lead to the betterment of the entire community. In applying the theory to the study of the voting
    preferences of the registered BEC member of the Santisimo Rosario Parish, the researchers wanted
    to prove that the members highly consider their welfare in the community they are belong to in
    choosing a senatorial candidate. These members as part of a religious organizations believes to be
    altruistic citizens because of the values they imbibed in the social teachings of the Catholic Church.

    In this theory, registered voters work and behave altruistically through riveting the value of voting for
    them to provide the benefits that their community deserve through simply analyzing the projects and
    policies proposed by any political candidates. Also, it expresses the notion that if a vote is based on
    the selfish or self-interest centered preference and the social preference, the social preference will
    lead and make it rational for a simple person to vote even in large elections. Moreover, it exhibits the
    feedback mechanism that alleviates turnout at realistic levels through the rational socially-motivated
    voting. This altruistic preference of a voter surpassed selfish predisposition and motivates a stable
    voter turnout that thoroughly reflects democracy.

    References
    Fowler, J. H. (2006). Altruism and Turnout. The Journal of Politics, p. 674 - 683.

    The Theory of Reasoned Action of Fisbein and Ajzen during 1967, the Social Identity Theory of
    Brewer during 2001 and the Altruism Theory in Voting of Fowler during 2006 will help the study
    determine the behaviors of the voting preference of an individual as being part of a community or a
    group. Through the help of these theories, the researches will identify the factors that contributed to
    the preferences of the members of the registered BEC members of the Santisimo Rosario Parish,
    especially their knowledge, values, attitudes and behaviors since the organization provides a strong
    foundation of social teachings. Also, the researchers will be able to observe the transition of the
    voting preference of the members through observing their possessed personal preference or interest
    to a political candidate and how it will transform into a preference as part of a group.

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