Do citizens vote for parties, policies or the expected winner in proportional representation systems? Evidence from four different countries using a multiple-type model
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6314552 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Guillem Riambau (0000-0002-4076-0616, Yale-NUS College, Singapore, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 549-562 |
| Publication date | 2018-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Party Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1354-0688 • E-ISSN: 1460-3683 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1354068816668669 |
| OpenAlex | W2579815553 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 30 |
This article presents a unified framework that allows us to disentangle to what extent agents in proportional representation (PR) systems engage in the different strategies that the available voting models have separately suggested: ‘party’, ‘coalitional’, ‘bandwagon’ and ‘other’ voting (i.e. neither of the previous three). Results using data from multiple countries reveal that at least 75% of agents cast a sincere party vote. Around 10% of voters try to affect policymaking by casting a coalitional vote. Since most coalitional agents use their vote to ‘push’ coalitions away from the centre, extreme parties are the most benefited. Hence, strategic coalitional voting may increase rather than preclude fragmentation of a party system in PR contexts. Another 5% of voters support the expected winner regardless of their own party and coalition preferences. Finally, 5–10% of voters fall into the category of other types. The characteristics and motivations of each type are uncovered. Political sophistication increases the likelihood of sincere and coalitional voting. On the other hand, dissatisfaction with parties voted for in the past increases other voting. In particular, recent growth of European right-wing nationalist parties is shown to rely more on other voting and less on sincere and coalitional support
Bandwagon effect · Bullet voting · Democracy · Disapproval voting · Economics · Microeconomics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Proportional representation · Representation (politics · Sociology · Sophistication · Voting · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Social Media and Politics · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |