Toward a Context-Rich Analysis of Electoral Systems
The Japanese Example
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6232009 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Raymond V Christensen, Paul E Johnson (0000-0002-7903-7388), Paul Johnson (0000-0003-3342-3504) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 575 |
| Publication date | 1995-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0092-5853 • E-ISSN: 1540-5907 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2111645 |
| OpenAlex | W2312655819 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 30 |
| References cited | 8 |
Theory: Political parties receive a greater or lesser percent of seats than their percent of the vote in an election for a variety of reasons. District magnitude, the type of the electoral system, and strategic errors are three inherent features of an electoral system that affect seat bonuses. Malapportionment and turnout differentials are features specific to a country that also affect seat bonuses. Hypotheses: If each of the above sources of seat bonuses is isolated out and measured, then we will find that neither the malapportionment of the Japanese electoral system nor the strategic efficiency of the Liberal Democratic Party in Japan (LDP) explains entirely the LDP seat bonus. Methods: An analysis of seat-bonus components using a logistic regression model and recalculations of seat bonuses after adjusting for specific factors. Results: The LDP receives most of its seat bonus from district magnitude and to a lesser degree from malapportionment. The LDP is hurt by the net effect of strategic errors and to a small degree from the influence of turnout differentials
Affect (linguistics · Business · Context (archaeology · Democracy · Demographic economics · Economics · Geography · Labour economics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Turnout · Voting · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Politics and Representation · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
The Liberal Democratic Party at 50
Contamination effects in mixed-member electoral systems
The Nationalization of Japanese Elections
The effects of district magnitude on the number of intra-party factions
Japan's Multimember SNTV System and Strategic Voting
Partisan Bias in Japan's Single Member Districts
Finding Out the Hard Way
Does the economy really matter for satisfaction with democracy? Longitudinal and cross-country evidence from the European Union
You have to pay to play
Minority Representation under Cumulative and Limited Voting
Party Strategy or Candidate Strategy
Over-nominating candidates, undermining the party
Economic accountability and strategic calibration
Toward a Two-Party System or Two Party Systems
What Mechanism Causes the M + 1 Rule? A Simple Simulation
Electoral Origins of Japanese Socialists' Stagnation
Contextual Effects on Individual Voting Behavior
Does Electoral System Reform Work? Electoral System Lessons from Reforms of the 1990s
Electoral Rules and Electoral Coordination
Electoral Rules, Career Ambitions, and Party Structure
Manipulating Electoral Rules to Manufacture Single‐Party Dominance
Electoral Systems and Unimagined Consequences
Going It Alone? Strategic Entry under Mixed Electoral Rules
Running Multiple Candidates, Dividing the Vote Under the Single Nontransferable Vote System
Adaptive parties
Electoral coordination and the strategic desertion of strong parties in compensatory mixed systems with negative vote transfers
Electoral system effects and ruling party dominance in Japan
Contamination effects and the number of parties in mixed-superposition electoral systems
Electoral reform and the mirror image of inter-party and intra-party competition
Magnitude and vote seeking
The political consequences of electoral laws
Seat Bonuses under the Single Nontransferable Vote System
Factional Competition for the Party Endorsement
The Relationship between Seats and Votes in Two-Party Systems
Reducing nomination errors
Japan's 1990 general election
SNTV and d'hondt are 'equivalent
Seats and votes
| Unique citing works | 30 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,03 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2024 (28) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 30 |