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
Rational Choice Meets the New Politics: Choosing the Scottish Parliament’s Electoral System
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DOI: 10.1017/gov.2017.40
Abstract: Abstract Although there has been extensive research on electoral system choice at the national level, we know relatively little about the dynamics of deciding the rules of the game for sub-state institutions. This article examines… read more here.
Keywords: system; rational choice; scottish parliament; electoral system ... See more keywords
The Electoral System, the Party System and Accountability in Parliamentary Government
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DOI: 10.1017/s0003055420000143
Abstract: Electoral accountability requires that voters have the ability to constrain the incumbent government’s policy-making power. We express the necessary conditions for this claim as an accountability identity in which the electoral system and the party… read more here.
Keywords: system; accountability; electoral system; system party ... See more keywords
Beyond Gerrymandering: A Structural Crisis of the American Electoral System
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DOI: 10.1080/07393148.2023.2203061
Abstract: Abstract Two key threats facing American democracy today are gerrymandering and voter suppression. In this article, I argue that both of these threats are a direct consequence of the US using a single-member district (SMD)… read more here.
Keywords: system; smaller parties; electoral system; beyond gerrymandering ... See more keywords
Electoral system effects re-examined using the largest vote share variable
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DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2017.1316263
Abstract: ABSTRACT In the search for a less controversial pattern between electoral systems and party systems, especially the institutional conditions for multipartism, this article develops and analyses a complete post-war dataset on largest parties’ vote shares.… read more here.
Keywords: using largest; system; system effects; electoral system ... See more keywords
Italian candidates under the Rosato mixed electoral system. In search of personal votes in the plurality tier?
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DOI: 10.1080/1354571x.2018.1500211
Abstract: ABSTRACT The Rosato law has established a new electoral system featuring single-member districts (S.M.Ds) along with a prevailing proportional tier. S.M.Ds are typically associated with individual incentives to cultivate a personal vote and with a… read more here.
Keywords: electoral system; candidates rosato; italian candidates; plurality tier ... See more keywords
Choice-less Choice in the 2019 Presidential Election: Towards the Intrigues Perfected by the Electoral System in Nigeria
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DOI: 10.36941/ajis-2020-0047
Abstract: Literature on election is mostly anchored on how the voting exercise was carried out successfully or rigged in favour of one candidate over another. These scholars were only interested in analyzing the outcome of election… read more here.
Keywords: election; system nigeria; electoral system; choice ... See more keywords