Pairing Brown with Blair on a ballot paper might have been unthinkable for the Labour party, yet Michael Marsh, looking at the case of Ireland’s preference voting PR system, illustrates that the choices voters are faced with in the ballot box may play a stronger role in their choice of candidates than either their political knowledge or party loyalty and interest
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Which parties benefit from open-list (as opposed to closed-list) proportional representation electio...
Existing research comparing open-list and closed-list PR electoral systems has highlighted the way i...
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Irish elections use a voting system called proportion representation by means of a single transferab...
How does ballot structure affect party choice? We argue that open lists undermine the electoral supp...
peer-reviewedPolitical parties often employ the rhetoric of electoral mandates, claiming that the pe...
In this post, Niall Hughes argues that FPTP electoral system performs much better in the context of ...
A significant and influential body of research suggests that electoral systems influence legislators...
This article explores the sources of weak party-voting patterns in Irish elections, conceptualising ...
Marsh: Candidate centred and party wrapped... page 1 The electoral system of the single transferable...
Why do voters support different parties at elections when given the opportunity of casting two votes...
The overriding principle of ballot design is that it should not confer any a priori advantage to one...
Which parties benefit from open-list (as opposed to closed-list) proportional representation electio...
Which parties benefit from open-list (as opposed to closed-list) proportional representation electio...
Existing research comparing open-list and closed-list PR electoral systems has highlighted the way i...
The method of Single Transferable Voting (STV) underpins electionsin several countries. The advantag...
This thesis explores the effects of additional parties on the decision-making processes of UK voters...
This paper combines two important findings from research on how voters and parties interact: Firstly...
Irish elections use a voting system called proportion representation by means of a single transferab...
How does ballot structure affect party choice? We argue that open lists undermine the electoral supp...
peer-reviewedPolitical parties often employ the rhetoric of electoral mandates, claiming that the pe...
In this post, Niall Hughes argues that FPTP electoral system performs much better in the context of ...
A significant and influential body of research suggests that electoral systems influence legislators...