Electoral rules and new parties: evidence from a quasi‐experimental design

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• dc.contributor.author Lago Peñas, Ignacio
• dc.date.accessioned 2021-06-23T09:27:42Z
• dc.date.available 2021-06-23T09:27:42Z
• dc.date.issued 2021
• dc.description.abstract Electoral rules are a crucial institutional factor shaping the entry and success of new parties. However, testing how they affect voting behavior is problematic when using observational data in cross-national studies. As district magnitude is usually correlated with politically salient features affecting the likelihood of voting for new (and small) parties, the latent support of small parties differs across electoral systems. Using a quasi-experimental design in Spain focused on the district viability of a new party, Vox, in two elections held within 196 days, I provide a more robust estimate of the impact of electoral systems on the success of new parties. Strong evidence that the electoral system makes a difference for new parties has been identified: strategic considerations found in the districts where Vox was not successful prevented a significant number of voters from supporting the party.en
• dc.description.sponsorship I acknowledge support from the Spanish Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities (Grant number AEI/FEDER CSO2017-85024-C2-1-P), and the ICREA under the ICREA Academia program.
• dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
• dc.identifier.citation Lago I. Electoral rules and new parties: evidence from a quasi‐experimental design. Front Polit Sci. 2021 Feb 24;3:623709. DOI: 10.3389/fpos.2021.623709
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpos.2021.623709
• dc.identifier.issn 2673-3145
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/47974
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Frontiers
• dc.relation.ispartof Frontiers in political science. 2021 Feb 24;3:623709
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/CSO2017-85024-C2-1-P
• dc.rights © 2021 Lago. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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• dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• dc.subject.keyword District magnitudeen
• dc.subject.keyword Electoral systemen
• dc.subject.keyword Quasi-experimental designen
• dc.subject.keyword New partiesen
• dc.subject.keyword Viabilityen
• dc.title Electoral rules and new parties: evidence from a quasi‐experimental designen
• dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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