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Electoral Participation in Iran’s Parliamentary Politics: Between Two Competing Explanations

Political Behavior, 2020
The paper uncovers determinants of turnout in Iran by studying the role of institutional and socio-economic variables in parliamentary politics since the 2000s. The paper argues that Iran’s electoral system has dichotomized the pattern of participation between center and periphery.
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Competing loyalties in electoral reform: An analysis of the U.S. electoral college

Electoral Studies, 2017
A central tenet in the electoral systems subfield is that parties, when in power and motivated by partisan interest, seek desired outcomes via the strategic adoption of electoral rules. Such a focus, however, omits a key point: electoral rules also distribute power among geographic units.
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Electoral Responsiveness in Closed Autocracies: Evidence from Petitions in the former German Democratic Republic

American Political Science Review, 2021
Contested elections are usually seen as precondition for constituent responsiveness. By contrast, I show that even uncontested elections can create incentives for autocratic regimes to address citizen demands.
Hans Lueders
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Competence, Integrity, and the Electoral Success of Congressional Incumbents

The Journal of Politics, 1995
All voters may share a common interest in maximizing the quality of representatives in the U.S. House. If voters act on this interest when evaluating congressional candidates, then the electoral system will function with a collective sense of rationality.
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Dynamic Games in Foreign Aid: Electoral Cycles and Donor Conditionality

International Game Theory Review
We develop a dynamic game-theoretic model of government reform under electoral incentives and donor conditionalities, formulated within a Perfect Bayesian Equilibrium (PBE) framework.
Ryle S. Perera
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SECURITY AS NORWAY’S ELECTORAL MARKER

Scientific and Analytical Herald of IE RAS
The article examines security perceptions in Norway during the 2025 electoral cycle. It demonstrates how global and regional instability, growing geopolitical risks, and the rise of cyber threats turned defense and resilience issues into the central ...
Ivan Skripka
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Looking Good or Looking Competent? Physical Appearance and Electoral Success in the 2008 Congressional Elections

American Politics Research, 2014
A whole array of studies has shown that the physical appearance of candidates running for elective office matters. However, it is unclear whether attractiveness or perceived competence is the source of such electoral advantage. In addition, the gender of candidates might interact with perceptions of physical appearance.
Rodrigo Praino   +2 more
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The looks and likes of a political winner: do social media engagement and electoral success go together?

Australian Journal of Political Science
We use Facebook page ‘likes’ in political elections to examine whether social media engagement can predict political candidates’ campaign success. We find that for every one percentage point increase in the electoral district share of Facebook likes that
Thomas Bilson   +2 more
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A minimal standard of democratic competence

Politics, Philosophy & Economics
The ability to identify which citizens are democratically competent and which fall beneath the relevant standard of competence bears on numerous questions in democratic theory.
Alexandra Oprea, Daniel J Stephens
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Judicial Competence and Consistency in the Constitutional Court’s Decision about Open List Proportional Representation

al-Daulah Jurnal Hukum dan Perundangan Islam
The Constitutional Court often creates new norms that affect the electoral system. Still, sometimes, the Constitutional Court decides cases examining the Election Law as an open legal policy.
Nurdinah Hijrah
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