Voting for locals: Voters’ information processing strategies in open-list PR systems |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Cell Signaling, Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992 Russia;2. Protein Research Group, Institute for Biological Instrumentation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow region, 142290 Russia;3. Department of Neurosciences, Biochemistry Group, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, 26111 Germany;4. Branch of Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow region, 142290 Russia;5. Department of Life Sciences and Reproduction, Section of Biological Chemistry and Center for BioMedical Computing, University of Verona, Verona, 37134 Italy;1. Independent Researcher, 35390 Gießen, Germany;2. Carl von Ossietzky University, Ammerländer Heerstr. 114-118, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany;3. University of Gießen, Rathenaustraße 8, 35394 Gießen, Germany |
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| Abstract: | While most of the literature on information shortcuts in open-list PR systems focuses on the importance of ballot position effects, the influence of a candidate’s localness has widely been ignored by existing studies. In this paper, I address this research gap and argue that voting patterns in open-list PR systems are more versatile than existing research would suggest. By analyzing a special characteristic of the open-list PR system employed in the parliamentary elections of Hamburg, it is shown that a large portion of voters chooses to vote for local candidates irrespective of the ballot position of the candidate. The paper further controls for factors conditioning the effect and finds that it remains strong even after taking them into consideration. The results have important implications for the representativeness of open-list PR systems, ballot paper design, as well as for our understanding of voters’ decision making process. |
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| Keywords: | Open-list PR systems Personal vote Information shortcuts Residence effects |
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