But How Many Candidates Should We Have in Donegal? Numbers of Nominees and Electoral Efficiency in Ireland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6227151 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard S Katz (0000-0002-9116-6481, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 117-122 |
| Publication date | 1981-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1234 • E-ISSN: 1469-2112 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0007123400002490 |
| OpenAlex | W1985492944 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 7 |
When the results of an analysis fly in the face both of generally accepted theory and the practice of professional politicians, it is usually a good idea to reconsider whether the point is really established. Such is the case with the small literature regarding the effects of nomination strategies on the outcomes of Dáil Éireann elections that has developed in these pages since the publication of an article by Cohan, McKinlay and Mughan (‘The Used Vote and Electoral Outcomes: The Irish General Election of 1973’, thisJournal, v (1975), 363–83). The original article made several valuable points, including a demonstration that patterns of transfer votes may be more important than the distribution of first preference votes in determining the result of elections under the single transferable vote (STV) system, and an extension of the wasted vote concept to STV, majority, and proportional elections. Unfortunately, the notes that have followed have all focused on the most questionable conclusion of the original article, that overnomination hurts a party's chances of electing the maximum possible number of deputies
Economics · Face (sociological concept · General election · Irish · Linguistics · Microeconomics · Nomination · Point (geometry · Political science · Politics · Preference · Social science · Sociology · Irish and British Studies · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy
Fianna Fáil and Irish party competition
Muffling the swing
Assessing the Proportionality of the Single Transferable Vote
Second Time Lucky? The Continuing Adaptation of Voters and Parties to the Single Transferable Vote in Scotland
Party Loyalties in Complex Settings
Falling into a Niche
Voter behavior under STV-PR
Democratic Norms and Party Candidate Selection
The Supply and Demand of the Personal Vote
The effects of electoral reform on party campaigns, voters and party systems at the local level
Understanding Power-Sharing within Political Parties
The election of women under proportional representation
Electoral rules and party nomination strategies in ethnically cleaved societies
Candidate success in multi-member districts
| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,32 |
| Citation span | 1982 - 2021 (40) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |