‘It’s a Long Way from Kuusamo to Kuhmo’: Mapping Candidates’ Electoral Constituencies in the Finnish Open-List Single Preference Voting System
| Autor: | David Arter |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Tampere University, Politics |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Sociology and Political Science 517 Political science business.industry media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 0507 social and economic geography Distribution (economics) Preference 0506 political science Competition (economics) Microeconomics Voting Political Science and International Relations 050602 political science & public administration Economics business 050703 geography media_common |
| Zdroj: | Political Studies Review. 19:334-354 |
| ISSN: | 1478-9302 1478-9299 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1478929920982509 |
| Popis: | This article seeks an insight into the nature of intraparty competition in an open-list single preference voting system, and it does so by analysing the distribution of votes for Centre Party candidates in the 40 or so municipalities making up the northern Finnish constituency of Oulu in each of the five general elections between 2003 and 2019. It builds on Grofman’s distinction between a geographical constituency and a candidate’s electoral constituency to map the ecology of candidate support in a constituency with (1) a larger than average district magnitude (M); (2) a significantly larger than average territorial magnitude (T); and (3) a substantially larger than average Centre party magnitude (P). Setting M, T and P within a party organisational framework, the article identifies (1) a significant disparity between levels of intraparty competition at district and sub-district levels; (2) several contextual factors that act more as disincentives than incentives to engage in personal vote seeking across the electoral district. publishedVersion |
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