The likelihood of observing Condorcet's Paradox is known to be very low for elections with a
small number of candidates if voters' preferences on candidates reflect any significant …

2.7 Conclusion Numerous empirical studies have been conducted to determine if
Condorcet's Paradox is ever observed in actual elections. After surveying these studies, we …

Institutionalized parties and party systems have traditionally been viewed as necessary
conditions for democracies to function effectively. Although this area of research is germane …

An electorate can effectively coordinate on the viable parties in its district, or a relatively
large proportion of its voters may “waste” their votes on parties that fail to obtain office …

Across a number of Western democracies, electorates are displaying 'a consistent pattern of
delaying their choice until later stages of the campaign'(Box-Steffensmeier & Kimball, 1999; …

Scholars have long assumed that voters do not employ strategic considerations when
casting a vote in systems of proportional representation. Either this would not be necessary …

Choosing a method of electing a president is often a contentious constitutional issue for
newly emerging democracies. The debate focuses largely on two alternative electoral …

In this study it is shown how party campaign strategies in three electoral campaigns in Hong
Kong changed when the electoral system moved from a single-member plurality system to a …

摘要本文旨在探討台北縣選民在2005 年縣長與鄉鎮市長兩個不同層級選舉中的一致與分裂投票
行為. 本研究的重點在強調: 欲瞭解選民於不同層級選舉中的投票行為, 不但要關注各個層級選舉 …

Current literature on political marketing seldom investigates elections in non-Western
regions or countries. The analysis of the Taipei mayoral elections (TMEs) can fill this …