The effect of ideology on policy outcomes in proportional representation systems

The effect of ideology on policy outcomes in proportional representation systems

In this paper we propose a model in which there are ideological and strategic voters who vote under proportional rule. We prove that the behavior of ideological voters matters for the determination of the outcome. We show that a subset of strategic voters partially counteracts the votes of the ideol...

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Veröffentlicht in:Mathematical social sciences 2011-09, Vol.62 (2), p.87-90
Hauptverfasser: De Sinopoli, Francesco, Ferraris, Leo, Iannantuoni, Giovanna
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Sprache:eng
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Mathematical models
Political economy
Proportional representation
Voting behaviour
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Zusammenfassung:In this paper we propose a model in which there are ideological and strategic voters who vote under proportional rule. We prove that the behavior of ideological voters matters for the determination of the outcome. We show that a subset of strategic voters partially counteracts the votes of the ideological voters.
ISSN:0165-4896
1879-3118
DOI:10.1016/j.mathsocsci.2011.05.001