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

被引:37
作者
Cheibub, Jose Antonio [1 ]
Sin, Gisela [2 ]
机构
[1] Texas A&M Univ, 2010 Allen Bldg,4348 TAMU, College Stn, TX 77843 USA
[2] Univ Illinois, Urbana, IL USA
关键词
Proportional representation; personal vote; open list PR; intra-party competition; electoral systems; elections in Brazil; PERSONAL VOTE; PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION; ELECTORAL INSTITUTIONS; INCENTIVES; LOOKING; LOCALS; RULES;
D O I
10.1177/0951629819893024
中图分类号
D0 [政治学、政治理论];
学科分类号
0302 ; 030201 ;
摘要
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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页数:26
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