Citizens’ preferences about voting rules: self-interest, ideology, and sincerity
Jean-François Laslier
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Karine van Der Straeten
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Résumé
This paper studies the determinants of citizens’ preferences for different electoral systems. We use data collected through a large internet-based quasi-experiment carried out during the 2012 French presidential election where we invited subjects to cast a vote for real candidates according to four voting rules: two-round (the official system), one-round, the alternative vote, and approval voting. After voting with each of the four voting rules, subjects were also asked to report which system they liked the most. We find that voters prefer systems that are beneficial to the candidate they prefer, that their preference for the official two-round system (weakly) depends on how they actually vote under this system, and that right-wing voters are more supportive of voting rules under which one can vote for only one candidate (one-round and two-round).
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Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
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This paper studies the determinants of citizens’ preferences for different electoral systems. We use data collected through a large internet-based quasi-experiment carried out during the 2012 French presidential election where we invited subjects to cast a vote for real candidates according to four voting rules: two-round (the official system), one-round, the alternative vote, and approval voting. After voting with each of the four voting rules, subjects were also asked to report which system they liked the most. We find that voters prefer systems that are beneficial to the candidate they prefer, that their preference for the official two-round system (weakly) depends on how they actually vote under this system, and that right-wing voters are more supportive of voting rules under which one can vote for only one candidate (one-round and two-round).
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Titre |
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Citizens’ preferences about voting rules: self-interest, ideology, and sincerity
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Auteur(s) |
André Blais
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, Jean-François Laslier
2, 3
, François Poinas
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, Karine van Der Straeten
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UdeM -
Université de Montréal
( 302452 )
- 2900 Boulevard Edouard-Montpetit, Montréal, QC H3T 1J4
- Canada
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PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
3
PSE -
Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques
( 139754 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
4
TSE-R -
Toulouse School of Economics
( 93477 )
- Manufacture de Tabacs, 21 allées de Brienne 31000 Toulouse
- France
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication |
2015-09
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Volume |
164
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Numéro |
3
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Page/Identifiant |
423-442
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Mots-clés |
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Citizens’ preferences, Electoral system, Quasi-experiment
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DOI | 10.1007/s11127-015-0287-2 |
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