Preference vote and intra-party competition in open list PR systems

IF 0.6 4区社会学 Q3 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Journal of Theoretical Politics Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI:10.1177/0951629819893024

J. Cheibub, Gisela Sin

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Abstract

Open list proportional representation (PR) systems require that candidates seek personal votes in order to be successful. This feature of the system is considered to lead to intense competition among co-partisans and, ultimately, to weak electoral and legislative parties, narrow public policies, localism, clientelism, and corruption. We examine the distribution of personal votes among candidates from the same party for seven elections to the Brazilian national chamber of deputies (1990–2014). These elections are widely seen as hyper-competitive, particularly among candidates from the same list. Yet, the patterns in the data are not compatible with such a view. We find that the level of overall competition is considerably lower than the absolute number of parties and candidates competing would suggest. More significantly, we find that the number of viable candidates within party lists is limited and that their votes are distributed in such a way that indicates a contained competition among co-partisans during the election. These findings add to recent work that builds a more nuanced view of ballot structure, competition, and personalism.

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公开名单公关制度中的偏好投票与党内竞争

公开名单比例代表制(PR)要求候选人寻求个人选票才能成功。该制度的这一特点被认为会导致共同党派之间的激烈竞争，最终导致选举和立法党派薄弱、公共政策狭隘、地方主义、裙带主义和腐败。我们研究了1990年至2014年七次巴西国家众议院选举中同一政党候选人之间的个人选票分布。这些选举被普遍视为竞争激烈，特别是在同一名单的候选人之间。然而，数据中的模式与这样的视图不兼容。我们发现，整体竞争水平远低于竞争政党和候选人的绝对数量。更重要的是，我们发现政党名单中可行的候选人数量有限，他们的选票分配方式表明，在选举期间，共同党派之间的竞争是有节制的。这些发现为最近的研究增加了对选票结构、竞争和个人主义更细致入微的看法。

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Journal of Theoretical Politics POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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2.10

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Theoretical Politics is an international journal one of whose principal aims is to foster the development of theory in the study of political processes. It provides a forum for the publication of original papers seeking to make genuinely theoretical contributions to the study of politics. The journal includes rigorous analytical articles on a range of theoretical topics. In particular, it focuses on new theoretical work which is broadly accessible to social scientists and contributes to our understanding of political processes. It also includes original syntheses of recent theoretical developments in diverse fields.