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Maddens, Bart; Weekers, Karolien; Fiers, Stefaan; Vanlangenakker, Ine

doi:10.5553/rp/048647002007049001008

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“…Not only are these characteristics taken into account by real-life selectors (Put and Maddens 2013;Gallagher 1988), they are also predictors for the success of a candidate in terms of preference votes (e.g. Maddens et al 2007;Van Holsteyn and Andeweg 2012). Subsequently, using this general concept list, we created candidate lists for each party with actual politicians from that party.…”

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Preference votes without preference? Institutional effects on preference voting: an experiment

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Erkel

2016

Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties

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A classical question of political science is to what extent electoral systems influence voting behaviour. Yet, many of these studies examine how different electoral systems affect the election results in terms of vote distribution across parties. Instead, we investigate how electoral rules affect intra party preference voting. Given the importance of the debate on the personalization of politics, insight into how electoral rules shape intra-party choice is a valuable contribution to the literature. In our study, we focus on the effect of two specific rules: the option to cast a list vote and on a single versus multiple preference votes. The results of experiments conducted in Belgium and the Netherlands show that electoral rules indeed influence voting behaviour with regard to intra party preference voting, although differences exist between the Netherlands and Belgium. Moreover, we find that the option to cast a list vote equally affects votes for the first candidate on the list, as well as lower positioned candidates. This suggests that preference votes might be less preferential than has often been assumed.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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Preference votes without preference? Institutional effects on preference voting: an experiment

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Erkel

2016

Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties

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“…At the time, quotas introduction as such was more important than the specific modalities. These numerical requirements were indeed a compromise that institutionalized the political status quo rather than ambitious equality targets (Maddens et al, 2014).…”

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Gender bias in candidate turnover: A longitudinal analysis of legislative elections in Flanders/Belgium (1987–2019)

2021

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A higher candidate turnover among women may be one of the reasons why quota rules seldom succeed in attaining full legislative parity. This proposition is tested on the basis of a longitudinal analysis of 11,678 candidates for legislative elections during the period 1987–2019 in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is shown that male candidates have shorter careers than women, contrary to expectations. The duration of the career as a candidate depends on the electoral performance, but only for men. In the long run, the introduction of a strict quota rule prolongs the candidate careers of both men and women, but the effect for women is much stronger. This finding contradicts the allegation that quota lead to an influx of unmotivated women candidates with a high turnover.

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Does multiple office-holding generate an electoral bonus? Evidence from Belgian national and local elections

Voorde

2018

West European Politics

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Op zoek naar een verklaring voor de persoonlijke score van de kandidaten bij lokale verkiezingen

Cited by 3 publications

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Preference votes without preference? Institutional effects on preference voting: an experiment

Preference votes without preference? Institutional effects on preference voting: an experiment

Gender bias in candidate turnover: A longitudinal analysis of legislative elections in Flanders/Belgium (1987–2019)

Does multiple office-holding generate an electoral bonus? Evidence from Belgian national and local elections

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