Beschreibung:
Using election returns, public opinion surveys, and legislative roll-call data from many mixed systems in every world region, the authors show that contamination systematically affects party strategy, voting behaviour, legislative cohesion and overall structure of partisan competition.
A New Species of Electoral Institutions? Relative Causal Inference and the Study of Mixed Electoral Systems A Taxonomy of Mixed Electoral Systems The Logic of Contamination: District-Level Party Systems Going It Alone? Strategic Nominations in Mixed Electoral Systems Interactive Ballots: The Microfoundations of Contamination Voting from their Hearts? Contamination and Strategic Voting Eyeing the Future: Contamination and Legislative Behavior Better, Worse, or Just Different? Legislative Fractionalization in Mixed Systems Conclusion