Bibliograph

Split-ticket voting in mixed-member electoral systems, a theoretical and methodological investigation, Carolina Plescia

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Split-ticket voting in mixed-member electoral systems, a theoretical and methodological investigation, Carolina Plescia

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-151) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Split-ticket voting in mixed-member electoral systems

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

953021335

Responsibility statement

Carolina Plescia

Series statement

ECPR Press Monographs series

Sub title

a theoretical and methodological investigation

Summary

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

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