Ballot Regulations and Multiparty Politics in the States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6097448 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barry C Burden, Barry Burden (0000-0002-6486-7039, University of Wisconsin–Madison, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 669-673 |
| Publication date | 2007-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | PS Political Science & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-0965 • E-ISSN: 1537-5935 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1049096507071065 |
| OpenAlex | W2101125321 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 43 |
| References cited | 14 |
American politics is dominated by two major parties and has been for a century. The duopoly enjoyed by the Democrats and Republicans is largely the result of Duverger's Law: the tendency of a single-member district system to produce two-party competition (Duverger 1963). Minor parties ultimately fail in a single-member district system because (1) the winner-take-all approach does not reward candidates who finish third and (2) citizens vote strategically to avoid “wasting” their votes on hopeless candidates and spoiling the election (Cox 1997; Riker 1982). Because the U.S. two-party system is so dependent on its majoritarian electoral rules, one might suspect that other election regulations would have little effect on the number of parties. A longer version of this paper was presented at the conference, “2008 and Beyond: The Future of Election and Ethics Reform in the States,” Columbus, OH, January 16–17, 2007. I thank Richard Winger ofBallot Access Newsfor comments and information
Ballot · Duopoly · Duverger's law · Economics · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Secret ballot · Split-ticket voting · Suspect · Voting · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration
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The Party Faithful
How Parties Nominate Presidents
The Comparative Advantage of State Interest Organization Research
Theories of Parties
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Social and Economic Justice Movements and Organizations
Who Sings in the Heavenly Chorus?
Party Nominating Procedures and Recruitment—State and Local Level
Activists, Influence, and Representation in American Elections
Methodological Issues in the Study of Political Parties
Political Parties and Consultants
State Parties Research
The Mobilization and Influence of Business Interests
What a Difference Twenty-Five Years Makes
Interest Groups and Agendas
Interest Groups in American Elections
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Lobbying and Influence
Urban Interest Groups
The Evolution and Alteration of American Party Coalitions
The Pure Partisan Institution
Linking Political Parties and Interest Groups
The President, Party Politics, and Constitutional Development
Winning Isn't Everything
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American Political Parties
The Oxford handbook of American political parties and interest groups
Minor Party Major Change
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Ballot Reform and the Decline of Third Parties in State Legislatures
Anticipating Entry
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Permeable boundaries
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Party Sub‐Brands and American Party Factions
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And Beyond
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Making Votes Count
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The Decline of Third-Party Voting in the United States
The Roots of Third Party Voting
Structure and Behaviour
The Politics of Institutional Choice
Duverger's Law, Fusion, and the Decline of American "Third" Parties
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| Unique citing works | 43 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,26 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2025 (19) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 43 |