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Electoral Cycles and Turnout in Multilevel Electoral Systems

open access: yesWest European Politics, 2014
This article differentiates between three ways in which electoral cycles may impact on participation in elections. First, it identifies a simultaneity effect – turnout increases to the extent that elections are held on the same date. A second effect is voter fatigue – turnout declines when another election has just been held before.
Schakel, Arjan, Dandoy, Régis
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UNDERSTANDING, TYPES AND STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF ELECTORAL SYSTEMS [PDF]

open access: yesHum, 2014
Discussion about elections and electoral systems is in fact discussion about the effects of representative bodies in democratic political systems. Understanding of that link is not possible without knowing technical details used for forming electoral ...
Gordana Iličić
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Proportional Electoral Systems and Number of Parties in Parliament Evidence from Macedonia

open access: yesPolitics in Central Europe, 2019
What is the best electoral system to increase the number of political parties represented in Parliament? This article answers the question using data from all the elections in Macedonia since 2002, and by making simulations of the results according to ...
Daskalovski Zhidas
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Does Changing Electoral Systems Affect (Corrupt) Particularistic Exchanges? Evidence from the Italian Case

open access: yesPolitics and Governance, 2020
The literature on forms of particularism explores the impact of institutional variables on what is denoted, alternatively, as constituency service, pork-barrel politics, or corruption.
Simona Piattoni   +1 more
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Electoral Systems and Public Spending

open access: yesThe Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2001
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Roberto Perotti   +2 more
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The Effect of Electoral Systems on Fluid Party System in sub-Saharan Africa

open access: yesOtoritas: Jurnal Ilmu Pemerintahan, 2022
The article, based on a literature review, examines the impact of electoral systems on the fluidity party system in sub-Saharan Africa. Most authors identify institutional and social factors influencing the change in party systems. At the same time, they
Assel Bekenova
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Why Does the Number of Voters and Invalid Ballots Decrease in the Second Rounds of Czech Senate Elections?

open access: yesSociologický Časopis, 2015
The second rounds of elections to the Czech Senate consistently suffer from the lowest voter turnout among all types of elections in the Czech Republic.
Karel Kouba
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Diferenciación ideológica y coordinación estratégica en elecciones presidenciales en América Latina

open access: yesColombia Internacional, 2020
Objective/context: This article estimates the effect of ideological differentiation on the level of electoral coordination in presidential elections in Latin America.
Diego Luján
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Quanto influiscono i sistemi elettorali sulle campagne? Un'analisi comparata in nove Stati europei

open access: yesQOE-IJES, 2019
The demand for specific expertise to manage strategically election campaigns is growing. However, their use depends on the history of political party, on their values and on their economic resources and to the context in which the election campaign ...
Francesca Montemagno, Rossana Sampugnaro
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Proportionality or majoritarianism? In search of electoral equity

open access: yesBajo Palabra, 2016
Finding an electoral system both equitable and efficient represents a desideratum for every electoral democracy. The electoral system is at the cornerstone of democracy and has important consequences upon the constitutional and political system as a ...
Elena Cincea
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