Election of the Green Party Cathaoirleach, 2007
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6074655 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Baker (0000-0001-9985-9875, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 431-440 |
| Publication date | 2008-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Irish Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0790-7184 • E-ISSN: 1743-9078 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07907180802246750 |
| OpenAlex | W1993060067 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 7 |
In the autumn of 2007 the Green Party elected a new Cathaoirleach (Chairperson) by means of a ballot of all of its members. What made the election especially interesting to students of politics is that it took place using a voting system that is rarely used in real political systems, the Borda Count. Because the Green Party was willing to make the full set of electoral data available for analysis, it was possible not just to review the actual result but to consider what the result would have been under alternative voting systems and to investigate some theoretically relevant counterfactual scenarios. In this report, I set out the background and outcome of the election and then use the full set of data to comment on its relevance to some theoretical debates about voting
Approval voting · Ballot · Bullet voting · Cardinal voting systems · Counterfactual thinking · Economics · General election · Mathematical economics · Political science · Politics · Split-ticket voting · Voting · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Game Theory and Voting Systems · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2016 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |