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Public support for electoral reform: The role of electoral system experience

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recommendations! Published in 2021 at "Electoral Studies"

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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recommendations! Published in 2020 at "Canadian Journal of Political Science"

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
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Electoral Reform & Strategic Voting in Chilean Legislative Elections

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recommendations! Published in 2021 at "Representation"

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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recommendations! Published in 2018 at "South European Society and Politics"

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

Deceitful autocratization: Subverting democracy through electoral reform in Mexico

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recommendations! Published in 2024 at "Latin American Policy"

DOI: 10.1111/lamp.12353

Abstract: Antipluralist incumbents often resort to opaque and deceptive strategies to subvert democracy. One such strategy involves devising formal institutions that pretend to promote and deepen democracy while enforcing authoritarian rule instead. This study labels such… read more here.

Keywords: democracy; reform; mexico; deceitful autocratization ... See more keywords

Electoral reform and fragmented polarization: New evidence from Taiwan legislative roll calls

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recommendations! Published in 2024 at "Legislative Studies Quarterly"

DOI: 10.1111/lsq.12459

Abstract: This paper investigates how legislators respond to an electoral reform by adjusting their positions with respect to co‐partisans and rivals. Using cross‐sectional legislative roll calls over 20 years, we study how the dynamics of blue‐green confrontation… read more here.

Keywords: reform; roll calls; legislative roll; evidence ... See more keywords