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Split-Ticket Voting in Mixed-Member Electoral Systems

Author: Carolina Plescia

Publisher:

Published: 2016-11-18

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9781785522598

This book relaxes common assumptions in the voting behaviour literature to provide an in-depth study of split-ticket voting across ten established and non-established democracies. It proposes an original framework and combines a theoretical investigation with a purely methodological analysis to test the reliability of the predictive models. The broader picture that emerges is the one of a 'simple' voter with 'sophisticated' preferences. Parties still function as the principal cue for voting, but voters appear sophisticated in that they often like more than one party or choose candidates regardless of their party affiliation. Despite mixed-member systems being one of the most complicated electoral systems of all, there is no evidence supporting the conclusion that voters are not able to cope with the complexity of the electoral rules.

Mixed-Member Electoral Systems in Constitutional Context

Author: Nathan F. Batto

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2016-04-11

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0472119737

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An examination of the ways in which the introduction of mixed-member electoral systems affects the configuration of political parties

Mixed-member Electoral Systems

Author: Matthew Soberg Shugart

Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 681

ISBN-13: 019925768X

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In the view of many electoral reformers, mixed-member systems offer the best of the traditional British single-seat system and PR systems. This book evaluates why the systems have appealed to many countries, and how well expectations have been met.

Mixed-Member Electoral Systems in Constitutional Context

Author: Nathan F. Batto

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2016-04-11

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0472121588

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Reformers have promoted mixed-member electoral systems as the “best of both worlds.” In this volume, internationally recognized political scientists evaluate the ways in which the introduction of a mixed-member electoral system affects the configuration of political parties. The contributors examine several political phenomena, including cabinet post allocation, nominations, preelectoral coalitions, split-ticket voting, and the size of party systems and faction systems. Significantly, they also consider various ways in which the constitutional system—especially whether the head of government is elected directly or indirectly—can modify the incentives created by the electoral system. The findings presented here demonstrate that the success of electoral reform depends not only on the specification of new electoral rules per se but also on the political context—and especially the constitutional framework—within which such rules are embedded.

Why Americans Split Their Tickets

Author: Barry C. Burden

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2009-12-22

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 0472023063

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Why do some voters split their ballots, selecting a Republican for one office and a Democrat for another? Why do voters often choose one party to control the White House while the other controls the Congress? Barry Burden and David Kimball address these fundamental puzzles of American elections by explaining the causes of divided government and debunking the myth that voters prefer the division of power over one-party control. Why Americans Split Their Tickets links recent declines in ticket-splitting to sharpening policy differences between parties and demonstrates why candidates' ideological positions still matter in American elections. "Burden and Kimball have given us the most careful and thorough analysis of split-ticket voting yet. It won't settle all of the arguments about the origins of ticket splitting and divided government, but these arguments will now be much better informed. Why Americans Split Their Tickets is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the major trends in U.S. electoral politics of the past several decades." -Gary Jacobson, University of California, San Diego "When voters split their tickets or produce divided government, it is common to attribute the outcome as a strategic verdict or a demand for partisan balance. Burden and Kimball strongly challenge such claims. With a thorough and deft use of statistics, they portray ticket-splitting as a by-product of the separate circumstances that drive the outcomes of the different electoral contests. This will be the book to be reckoned with on the matter of ticket splitting." -Robert Erikson, Columbia University "[Burden and Kimball] offset the expansive statistical analysis by delving into the historical circumstances and results of recent campaigns and elections. ... [They] make a scholarly and informative contribution to the understanding of the voting habits of the American electorate-and the resulting composition of American government." -Shant Mesrobian, NationalJournal.com

Social Media, Parties, and Political Inequalities

Author: Kristof Jacobs

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-01-05

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 1137533900

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This book examines how social media have transformed politics in established democracies. Specifically, the authors examine the influence of the unique qualities of social media on the power balance between and within parties. They present a general theory as well as an in-depth case study of the Netherlands and compare it to the US and European democracies. The authors show how and why social media's introduction leads to equalization for some and normalization for others. Additional to national politics, Jacobs and Spierings investigate often-overlooked topics such as local and European politics and the impact on women and ethnic minorities.

Mixed Electoral Systems

Author: F. Ferrara

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2005-12-09

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 1403978859

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Using election returns, public opinion surveys, and legislative roll-call data from many mixed systems in every world region, the authors show that contamination systematically affects party strategy, voting behaviour, legislative cohesion and overall structure of partisan competition.

Electoral Systems and Political Context

Author: Robert G. Moser

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-09-28

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 1107025427

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This book highlights how new and established democracies differ from one another in the effects of their electoral rules.

Electoral System Design

Author: Andrew Reynolds

Publisher: Stockholm : International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13:

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Electoral Systems and Conflict in Divided Societies

Author: Ben Reilly

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1999-05-04

Total Pages: 73

ISBN-13: 0309519101

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This paper is one of a series being prepared for the National Research Council's Committee on International Conflict Resolution. The committee was organized in late 1995 to respond to a growing need for prevention, management, and resolution of violent conflict in the international arena, a concern about the changing nature and context of such conflict in the post-Cold War era, and a recent expansion of knowledge in the field. The committee's main goal is to advance the practice of conflict resolution by using the methods and critical attitude of science to examine the effectiveness of various techniques and concepts that have been advanced for preventing, managing, and resolving international conflicts. The committee's research agenda has been designed to supplement the work of other groups, particularly the Carnegie Corporation of New York's Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict, which issued its final report in December 1997. The committee has identified a number of specific techniques and concepts of current interest to policy practitioners and has asked leading specialists on each one to carefully review and analyze available knowledge and to summarize what is known about the conditions under which each is or is not effective. These papers present the results of their work.