What Kind of Electoral Outcome do People Think is Good for Democracy?
In: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The project was led by André Blais and Damien Bol, helped by Emmanuel Heisbourg for data analysis. All authors provided key inputs in the various phases of the project. The funding was provided by all authors equally. Annika Fredén acknowledges support from Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council, Grant Number 2017-02941). Ignacio Lago acknowledges support from ICREA under the ICREA Academia program. Peter John Loewen acknowledges support from the Schwartz Reisman Institute at the Univeristy of Toronto. Miroslav Nemčok acknowledges support from the Strategic Research Council at the Academy of Finland (Grant Number 312710). Carolina Plescia acknowledges support from Austrian Science Fund (FWF, 2024, S. 1068-1089
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There is perennial debate in comparative politics about electoral institutions, but what characterizes this debate is the lack of consideration for citizens’ perspective. In this paper, we report the results of an original survey conducted on representative samples in 15 West European countries (N = 15,414). We implemented an original instrument to elicit respondents’ views by asking them to rate “real but blind” electoral outcomes. With this survey instrument, we aimed to elicit principled rather than partisan preferences regarding the kind of electoral outcomes that citizens think is good for democracy. We find that West Europeans do not clearly endorse a majoritarian or proportional vision of democracy. They tend to focus on aspects of the government rather than parliament when they pass a judgment. They want a majority government that has few parties and enjoys wide popular support. Finally, we find only small differences between citizens of different countries. ; Peer reviewed
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What Kind of Electoral Outcome do People Think is Good for Democracy?
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| Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Blais, André ; Bol, Damien ; Bowler, Shaun ; Farrell, David M. ; Fredén, Annika ; Foucault, Martial ; Heisbourg, Emmanuel ; Lachat, Romain ; Lago, Ignacio ; Loewen, Peter John ; Nemčok, Miroslav ; Pilet, Jean Benoit ; Plescia, Carolina ; Faculty of Social Sciences |
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| Zeitschrift: | The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The project was led by André Blais and Damien Bol, helped by Emmanuel Heisbourg for data analysis. All authors provided key inputs in the various phases of the project. The funding was provided by all authors equally. Annika Fredén acknowledges support from Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council, Grant Number 2017-02941). Ignacio Lago acknowledges support from ICREA under the ICREA Academia program. Peter John Loewen acknowledges support from the Schwartz Reisman Institute at the Univeristy of Toronto. Miroslav Nemčok acknowledges support from the Strategic Research Council at the Academy of Finland (Grant Number 312710). Carolina Plescia acknowledges support from Austrian Science Fund (FWF, 2024, S. 1068-1089 |
| Veröffentlichung: | Sage Publications, 2024 |
| Medientyp: | academicJournal |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00323217211055560 |
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