Mandate type, electoral safety, and defections from the party line: The conditional mandate divide in the German Bundestag, 1949–2013
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DOI: 10.1177/1354068819881637
Abstract: Research on mixed electoral systems provides inconclusive findings on the question whether members of parliament (MPs) elected in single-member districts are more likely to vote against the party line than MPs elected via closed party… read more here.
Keywords: mandate divide; party; party line; german bundestag ... See more keywords