Electoral inequalities in the 1990 federal elections
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6234294 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joan Rydon (La Trobe University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 142-145 |
| Publication date | 1993-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1036-1146 • E-ISSN: 1363-030X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00323269308402231 |
| OpenAlex | W1968506951 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
Due to the concentration of Australian Labor Party voters, that party has to poll more votes than the Liberal and National Parties to win an election. That is not a gerrymander, for no matter how fairly the boundaries were drawn, Labor would still need to poll more votes than its opponents under the preferential, single‐member constituency voting system. Nevertheless, even under perfectly fair electoral redistributions, Labor is bound to come off worst because Labor voters are more highly concentrated than non‐Labor voters
Democracy · Economics · Electoral system · General election · Inequality · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Voting · Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2015 (22) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |