Public support for electoral reform: The role of electoral system experience
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DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2021.102348
Abstract: Abstract What affects public support for electoral reform? How does experience with different electoral systems affect people's willingness to support electoral reform? Given the salience of changes to election rules even when they are passed… read more here.
Keywords: experience; reform; electoral system; electoral reform ... See more keywords
The ABCs of Electoral Reform: The Impact of Reading Levels on Knowledge, Interest and Opinion
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DOI: 10.1017/s0008423920000591
Abstract: Abstract How should citizens be educated about complicated political issues like electoral reform? Are there basic principles that should be followed? This article tests one potential principle for government bodies, the media and educators to… read more here.
Keywords: interest opinion; reform; knowledge interest; electoral reform ... See more keywords
Electoral Reform & Strategic Voting in Chilean Legislative Elections
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DOI: 10.1080/00344893.2021.1964585
Abstract: This paper examines the effects of Chile's 2015 electoral reform, which increased the magnitude of districts in Chile's lower legislative chamber from two to between three and eight. This increase ... read more here.
Keywords: strategic voting; voting chilean; reform strategic; reform ... See more keywords
Electoral Reform as an Engine of Party System Change in Italy
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DOI: 10.1080/13608746.2018.1432245
Abstract: Abstract After more than forty years of proportional representation, in 1991 Italy embarked on a period of electoral law revision. The ongoing debate about how to engineer an electoral system capable of producing the preferred… read more here.
Keywords: system; reform engine; party; party system ... See more keywords