%R 10.1088/1742-5468/2007/08/P08029
%T On the role of zealotry in the voter model
%J Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment
%P P08029
%X We study the voter model with a finite density of zealots?voters that never change opinion. For equal numbers of zealots of each species, the distribution of magnetization (opinions) is Gaussian in the mean-field limit, as well as in one and two dimensions, with a width that is proportional to 1/?Z , where Z is the number of zealots, independent of the total number of voters. Thus just a few zealots can prevent consensus or even the formation of a robust majority.
%L eprints261
%K     interacting agent models,

    probability theory,

    scaling in socio-economic systems,

%I IOPscience
%A M. Mobilia
%A Alexander M. Petersen
%A S. Redner
%D 2007
%V 2007
%N 08