The Influence of Ballot Ranking. Preferential Voting in a Nationwide Constituency in Slovakia.
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Influence of Ballot Ranking. Preferential Voting in a Nationwide Constituency in Slovakia.
Original language description
The paper deals with ballot order effect in preferential voting in general elections in Slovakia. The country uses a list PR system with a single nationwide constituency where all members of parliament are elected. Under these conditions the voters facea very numerous lists consisting of 150 candidates. This study covers three consecutive elections from 2006 to 2012 and works with a sample of 2,650 candidates. The results indicate that candidates listed on the top positions strongly benefit from theirranking. The analysis provided outcomes pointing to some advantage also for candidates on the bottom of the list, but this effect is questionable as it was affected by one of the political parties with a largely unique features.
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Classification
Type
O - Miscellaneous
CEP classification
AD - Political sciences
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů