Electoral Institutions and Political Competition: Coordination, Persuasion, and Mobilization
摘要
How does changing the rules of electoral competition change parties’ and candidates’ strategies? This chapter considers three kinds of rule changes—those that increase the effective number of votes per voter, the effective number of seats per district, and the proportionality of the votes-to-seats mapping(s)—and focuses on three types of campaign strategy: those that address the challenges of coordinating, persuading and mobilizing voters.