Mixed electoral rules’ impact on party systems |
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Authors: | Misa Nishikawa Erik S. Herron |
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Affiliation: | a Ball State University, Department of Political Science, Muncie, IN 47306-0515, USA;b University of Kansas, Department of Political Science, 310 Blake Hall, 1541 Lilac Lane, Lawrence, KS, 660443177, USA |
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Abstract: | The growing literature about mixed electoral systems has addressed their effect on party systems, voting behavior, campaign strategies, legislative roll-call voting, and other issues in a handful of countries. But, the effect of mixed systems has not been fully evaluated cross-nationally or longitudinally. Using data from the World Bank’s Database of Political Institutions, we address this gap in the literature by investigating two related questions. First, do mixed electoral rules produce different election outcomes than other election rules? Second, are these results attenuated by the definitions of mixed systems that scholars employ? We find that mixed systems generate outcomes that are distinct from other electoral systems and that these findings are generally robust across different definitions. |
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Keywords: | Mixed electoral systems Duverger’ s law Multipartyism Institutional design |
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