The Many Faces of Strategic Voting: Tactical Behavior in Electoral Systems Around the World

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University of Michigan Press, 2019 M02 28 - 252 pages

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.

 

Contents

Strategic Voting and Political Institutions John H Aldrich Andre Blais and Laura B Stephenson
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The Effect of National and Constituency Expectations on Tactical Voting in the British General Election of 2010 Paul R Abramson John H Aldrich ...
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Strategic Voting in Changing Times The 2016 Election in Spain Ignacio Lago
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Support for Minority Government and Strategic Voting JeanFrancois Daoust
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Information on Party Strength and Strategic Voting Evidence of NonEffects from a Randomized Experiment Andre Blais Peter Loewen Daniel Rube...
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Expected Electoral Performance Candidate Quality and Voter Strategic Coordination The Case of Japan Carolina Plescia
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Strategic Coalition Voting in Belgium The 2014 Federal and Regional Elections Tom Verthe and Stefanie Beyens
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Voting Strategically in TwoVote Elections Philipp Harfst Andre Blais and Damien Bol
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Strategic Voting in Multiwinner Elections with Approval Balloting An Application to the 2011 Regional Government Election in Zurich Karine Van ...
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Sincere Voting Strategic Voting A Laboratory Experiment Using Alternative Proportional Systems Isabelle Lebon Antoinette Baujard Frederic Gavre...
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Contributors
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Index
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Laura B. Stephenson is Professor of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario.
John Aldrich is Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science at Duke University.
André Blais is Professor of Political Science at the Université de Montréal.

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