Download or read book Seats and Votes written by Rein Taagepera and published by . This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Votes from Seats written by Matthew S. Shugart and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four laws of party seats and votes are constructed by logic and tested, using physics-like approaches which are rare in social sciences.
Download or read book Seats and Votes written by Rein Taagepera and published by . This book was released on 1991-07-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book From Votes To Seats written by Ron Johnston and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Votes to Seats is a study of the 14 general elections held between 1950 and 1997 in Britain. Arguing that the British electoral system treats political parties disproportionately, the authors show that the amount of bias in those elections results substantially increased over the period, benefiting Labour at the expense of the Conservatives. With the use of imaginative diagrams, this book examines the electoral process in detail, illustrating how it operates, while stressing the important role of tactical voting in the production of recent election results.
Download or read book Comparing Democracies written by Lawrence LeDuc and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1996-08-29 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 11. Leaders - Ian McAllister
Download or read book From Votes to Seats written by Ontario. Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Elections to Open Seats in the U S House written by Ronald Keith Gaddie and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2000 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Votes of Confidence 2nd Edition written by Jeff Fleischer and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every two years, media coverage of American elections turns into a horse-race story about who's leading the polls and who said what when. Give young adult readers clear explanations about how our election process actually works, why it matters, and how they can become involved. Using real-world examples and anecdotes, this book provides readers with thorough, nonpartisan explanations about primaries, the electoral college, checks and balances, polls, fundraising, and more. Updated with facts, figures, and analysis, this edition provides the next generation of voters with essential guidance about the past, present, and future of American elections. "[A] very readable, engaging, and entertaining history of American elections and politics for young people. Highly recommended."—starred, Booklist "Fleischer presents a potentially didactic subject matter in a digestible and organized manner. Recommended for middle to high school students, educators, and others interested in becoming civically informed and engaged."—School Library Journal
Download or read book Elbridge Gerry s Salamander written by Gary W. Cox and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-03-04 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description.
Download or read book Whose Votes Count written by Abigail M. Thernstrom and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Twentieth Century Fund study."Includes indexes. Bibliography: p. [257]-302.
Download or read book The Many Faces of Strategic Voting written by John H Aldrich and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2018-11-20 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Voters do not always choose their preferred candidate on election day. Often they cast their ballots to prevent a particular outcome, as when their own preferred candidate has no hope of winning and they want to prevent another, undesirable candidate’s victory; or, they vote to promote a single-party majority in parliamentary systems, when their own candidate is from a party that has no hope of winning. In their thought-provoking book The Many Faces of Strategic Voting, Laura B. Stephenson, John H. Aldrich, and André Blais first provide a conceptual framework for understanding why people vote strategically, and what the differences are between sincere and strategic voting behaviors. Expert contributors then explore the many facets of strategic voting through case studies in Great Britain, Spain, Canada, Japan, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, and the European Union.
Download or read book Seats Votes and the Spatial Organisation of Elections written by Graham Gudgin and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Statehouse Democracy written by Robert S. Erikson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors demonstrate that state policies are highly responsive to public opinion through the analysis of state policies from the 1930s to the present.
Download or read book Reflecting All of Us written by Robert Richie and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 1999-01-14 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively dialogue on the power of electoral reform to strengthen our democratic institutions Scholars, critics, reformers, politicians, and activists have for years asked why Americans are so uninvolved in the political process. Minority underrepresentation, the marginalization of progressive voices, the exclusion of the poor-these and other serious problems appear everywhere, from the pages of national newspapers to MTV. Robert Richie and Steven Hill offer a powerful solution, one currently in practice in many parts of the world, including places in the U.S.: proportional representation. They demonstrate that unlike the winner-takes-all system, which always leaves the losers completely unrepresented, proportional representation gives all points of view a political voice; it works by giving citizens multiple votes or the right to vote for more than one candidate, or by giving political parties power according to percentages of votes received. Esteemed thinkers-Cynthia McKinney, John Ferejohn, E. Joshua Rosenkrantz, Gary W. Cox, Daniel Cantor, Ross Mirkarimi, Anthony Thig penn, and Pamela S. Karlan-respond in essays discussing the forms proportional representation could take to operate best in the U.S. Their contributions underscore the concept at the heart of this book: the more people invested in the political process, the more democratic-and reflective of all of us-our system becomes. NEW DEMOCRACY FORUM: A series of short paperback originals exploring creative solutions to our most urgent national concerns. The series editors (for Boston Review), Joshua Cohen and Joel Rogers, aim to foster politically engaged, intellectually honest, and morally serious debate about fundamental issues-both on and off the agenda of conventional politics.
Download or read book Party Ballots Reform and the Transformation of America s Electoral System written by Erik J. Engstrom and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-27 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book demonstrates that nineteenth-century electoral politics were the product of institutions that prescribed how votes were cast and were converted into political offices.
Download or read book Political Parties and Democracy written by Larry Diamond and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2001-12-21 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political parties are one of the core institutions of democracy. But in democracies around the world—rich and poor, Western and non-Western—there is growing evidence of low or declining public confidence in parties. In membership, organization, and popular involvement and commitment, political parties are not what they used to be. But are they in decline, or are they simply changing their forms and functions? In contrast to authors of most previous works on political parties, which tend to focus exclusively on long-established Western democracies, the contributors to this volume cover many regions of the world. Theoretically, they consider the essential functions that political parties perform in democracy and the different types of parties. Historically, they trace the emergence of parties in Western democracies and the transformation of party cleavage in recent decades. Empirically, they analyze the changing character of parties and party systems in postcommunist Europe, Latin America, and five individual countries that have witnessed significant change: Italy, Japan, Taiwan, India, and Turkey. As the authors show, political parties are now only one of many vehicles for the representation of interests, but they remain essential for recruiting leaders, structuring electoral choice, and organizing government. To the extent that parties are weak and discredited, the health of democracy will be seriously impaired. Contributors: Larry Diamond and Richard Gunther • Hans Daalder • Philippe Schmitter • Seymour Martin Lipset • Giovanni Sartori • Bradley Richardson • Herbert Kitschelt • Michael Coppedge • Ergun Ozbudun • Yun-han Chu • Leonardo Morlino • Ashutosh Varshney and E. Sridharan • Stefano Bartolini and Peter Mair.
Download or read book Wasted Vote written by Fouad Sabry and published by One Billion Knowledgeable. This book was released on 2024-09-12 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you intrigued by voting systems and their impact on democracy? Wasted Vote provides an in-depth analysis of electoral strategies and their political consequences. Ideal for professionals, students, and anyone interested in political science. Explore complex electoral systems and strategic voting through this detailed guide. 1: Wasted Vote: Understand how votes can be lost and its implications for democracy. 2: Plurality Voting: Learn about the system where the candidate with the most votes wins, even without a majority. 3: Proportional Representation: Discover how this system reflects the proportion of votes each party receives. 4: Party-List Proportional Representation: Explore how seats are allocated based on party vote shares. 5: Two-Round System: See how a second voting round is used if no majority is achieved initially. 6: Single Transferable Vote: Understand this ranking system and its role in fair representation. 7: Strategic Voting: Examine how voters may cast ballots to influence outcomes beyond personal preferences. 8: Electoral Threshold: Learn about the minimum vote percentages needed for representation. 9: Single Non-Transferable Vote: Explore the system where voters choose one candidate, and the top vote-getters win. 10: First-Past-the-Post Voting: Analyze this straightforward system where the most-voted candidate wins. 11: Parallel Voting: Understand this hybrid system combining proportional and majoritarian elements. 12: Open List: Discover how voters can influence candidate selection within a party. 13: Electoral District: Learn about the role of districts in shaping representation. 14: Elections in Greece: Investigate Greece's electoral system and its political implications. 15: BC-STV: Examine the British Columbia Single Transferable Vote system and its effects on Canadian elections. 16: Edmonton (Provincial Electoral District): Explore the Edmonton district’s role in local elections. 17: Issues Affecting the Single Transferable Vote: Delve into the challenges and debates surrounding this system. 18: Semi-Proportional Representation: Understand systems balancing fairness and practicality. 19: Electoral System: Broaden your knowledge of various electoral systems and their theories. 20: Italian Electoral Law of 2017: Analyze the impact of Italy's 2017 electoral reforms. 21: Apportionment in the Hellenic Parliament: Learn about apportionment methods in Greece and their effects on representation. Wasted Vote is more than a book; it’s a gateway to understanding democratic mechanisms and their impact on political outcomes.
