Rapidly increasing political polarization threatens democracies around the world. Scholars
from several disciplines are assessing and modeling polarization antecedents, processes …

We introduce and study a simple model for the dynamics of voting intention in a population
of agents that have to choose between two candidates. The level of indecision of a given …

World-wide, political polarization continues unabated, undermining collective decision-
making ability. In this issue, we have examined polarization dynamics using a (mean-field) …

Multiple opinions, including many that are negative, are produced in emergency events.
These opinions are commonly formed asynchronously based on misinformation. However …

Formation of consensus, in binary yes-no type of voting, is a well-defined process. However,
even in presence of clear incentives, the dynamics involved can be incredibly complex …

We investigate the phenomena of political bi-polarization in a population of interacting
agents by means of a generalized version of the model introduced by Vazquez et al.[Phys …

We consider the persistent voter model (PVM), a variant of the voter model (VM) that
includes transient, dynamically induced zealots. Due to peer reinforcement, the internal …

The diffusion of opinions in social networks is a relevant process for adopting positions and
attracting potential voters in political campaigns. Opinion polarization, bias, targeted …

In this paper, using Monte Carlo simulations we show that the Blume-Capel model gives rise
to the social depolarization. This model borrowed from statistical physics uses the …

O Modelo do Votante (VM) é um modelo puramente estocástico, baseado em agentes,
utilizado como protótipo para dinâmica de opiniões em modelos sociofísicos. Propomos …