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Key Factors in Developing a Successful Bond Referendum in Texas School Districts [PDF]
, 2020 Peter Griffiths
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Maximising Consent: Operationalising Reciprocity in Secession Referenda [PDF]
, 2015 A constitutional referendum on secession from Indonesia was held in East Timor in 1999, with a pro-independence vote triggering widespread violence by the Indonesian army and pro-union militia.
Stephens, Cody
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Fragmented and Dealigned: The 2024 British General Election and the Rise of Place‐Based Politics
The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 13-25, January/March 2025.Abstract While the outcome of the 2024 British general election signalled a resounding repudiation of the incumbent government—returning a 231‐seat swing from the Conservatives to Labour—it did not radically overturn the geography of electoral outcomes in England and Wales.
Will Jennings +3 more
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Voter Turnout in Direct Democracy: Theory and Evidence [PDF]
We analyse voter turnout as a function of referendum types. An advisory referendum produces advice that a legislature may or may not take into account when choosing between two alternatives, whereas a binding referendum generates a decisive decision.
Søberg, Morten, Tangerås, Thomas P.
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The 2024 General Election and the Rise of Reform UK
The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 91-101, January/March 2025.Abstract This article examines the social base of support for Reform UK. Did Nigel Farage's new party depend on the same types of ‘left behind’ voters who had previously backed UKIP? Do the results of the 2024 election suggest a hardening of the social divides that underpinned the rise of UKIP? Or has Britain's Eurosceptic and anti‐immigration movement
Oliver Heath +3 more
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Values in the Valence Election: Fragmentation and the 2024 General Election
The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 26-36, January/March 2025.Abstract The 2024 general election delivered a verdict on an unpopular Conservative government, a valence election where the key motivation was to remove a government seen as failing. But this is not a full account of the voting choices of the British public.
Paula Surridge
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Revista Vasca de Administración Pública, 2017 In the last years, several social and political sectors have suggested a more frequent and efficient use of referendum as a mechanism for political participation and democratic regeneration in our system.
Eduardo J. Ruiz Vieytez
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THE REFERENDUM, REFLECTED IN THE ROMANIAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT'S CASE LAW [PDF]
Challenges of the Knowledge Society, 2018 The referendum is the main instrument of direct democracy, a means of consultation by which the People has the possibility to directly exercise national sovereignty.
Valentina BĂRBĂȚEANU
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The Colombian Anti-Corruption Referendum: Why It Failed?
Colombia Internacional, 2019 Objective/context: The objective of this article is to analyze the results of the anti-corruption referendum in Colombia in 2018. Colombia is a country with a significant corruption problem.
Michael Haman
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The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 37-64, January/March 2025.Abstract The Labour Party doubled its seats in the 2024 UK general election, winning a landslide majority with only a 1.6 point increase in its UK vote share and an historically low vote share for a winning party at just under 34 per cent. This article provides new evidence for three constituency‐level explanations for this outcome in the context of ...
Marta Miori, Jane Green
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