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Fall 2015

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 30, Number 3

Categories: Fall 2015 | Public Choice

Did You Say That Voting Is Ridiculous? Using South Park to Teach Public Choice

Adam J. Hoffer, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse

George R. Crowley, Troy University

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise30(3),2015,103–108EDUCATIONALNOTEDidYouSayThatVotingIsRidiculous?UsingSouthParktoTeachPublicChoiceAdamJ.Hoffer�UniversityofWisconsin,LaCrosseGeorgeR.CrowleyTroyUniversity______________________________________________________AbstractWedescribeanapproachtoteachingpublicchoiceperspectivesonvotingusinganepisodefromComedyCentral’sanimatedtelevisionshow,SouthPark.Theepisodedepictstheeventssurroundingavoteforanewschoolmascotanddemonstratesthenear-zerovalueofanindividualvote,thevalueindividualsplaceontheactofvotingitself,theproblemsthatarisewhenvotersmustchooseamongundesirablecandidates,andtheroleofpoliticalcampaigning.Theepisodemirrorsthepublic’sperceptionofmajor-partycandidatesinmostelections.______________________________________________________JELCodes:A22,D72Keywords:SouthPark,voting,elections,teachingpublicchoiceI.IntroductionRecenteconomicseducationliteraturehasadvocatedmovingawayfromthepurelecturestyleofclassroominstruction.Scholarshavesuggestedtheincorporationofmovieclips(MateerandLi2008;MateerandStephenson2011),videoclips(Diamond2009),comicstrips(Lawson2006),podcasts(Hall2012),andacademicentrepreneurshipfromstudentpresentations(Hoffer2013).Hall(2005),Holian(2011),andGhent,Grant,andLesica(2011)recommendtheuseoftelevisionclips,describingeconomicsinTheSimpsons,TheDrewCareyShow,andSeinfeld,respectively.WedescribeasimilarmethodologyusingthetelevisionshowSouthPark,withaparticularfocusontheuseofa2004episodetoillustratekeyconceptsinpublicchoice.Comparedwithprogramsdiscussedinthe�Theauthorsthanktheeditorandanonymousreviewersforhelpfulcomments.103

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Title	Did You Say That Voting Is Ridiculous? Using South Park to Teach Public Choice
Authors/Creators:	Adam J. Hoffer, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse George R. Crowley, Troy University
Year:	2015
Volume:	30
Number:	3
Pages:	103 - 109
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Educational Notes
Keywords:	South Park, voting, elections, teaching, public choice

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Hoffer, Adam J.; Crowley, George R. / 2015. "Did You Say That Voting Is Ridiculous? Using South Park to Teach Public Choice." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 30(3): 103-109.