Too much choice, too little impact
A Multilevel Analysis of the Contextual Determinants of Preference Voting
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6407587 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Audrey André (Université Libre de Bruxelles, corresponding author), Sam Depauw (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 598-620 |
| Publication date | 2017-05-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | West European Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01402382.2016.1271596 |
| OpenAlex | W2575165503 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 51 |
Despite the rich and growing body of research addressing how turnout and party choice depend on the institutional context, far less is known about the impact of the political environment on voters’ propensity to vote for candidates–not parties. Recent single-country studies have focused almost exclusively on individual-level resource- and identity-based differences in preference voting. Combining data from the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) and Participation and Representation in Modern Democracies (PARTIREP) election studies in six countries, this article provides the first comprehensive, cross-national test of the impact of macro-contextual factors on a voter’s decision to indicate a candidate preference, instead of simply casting a party list vote. It demonstrates that both the failure of preference votes to affect the allocation of seats and choice overload dissuade voters from marking a candidate name on the ballot. These contextual factors affect informed and uninformed voters differently, moreover. The findings have important implications for electoral scholars and political practitioners when designing electoral systems
Affect (linguistics · Ballot · Context (archaeology · Economics · Microeconomics · Political science · Politics · Preference · Public economics · Ranked voting system · Representation (politics · Turnout · Voting · Voting behavior · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology
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Democratic Challenges, Democratic Choices
It's Not Only About Lists
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Comparative Politics
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The Electoral Sweet Spot
Incentives to cultivate a personal vote
District magnitude and the personal vote
Pretty faces, marginal races
Patterns of intraparty competition in open-list & SNTV systems
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Voting for myself
Meaningful choices, political supply, and institutional effectiveness
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |