Browsing by Author "Bowler, Shaun"
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Irish voter rationality: the 1987 Irish General Election revisited
Bowler, Shaun; Farrell, David M. (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1990)In their study of Irish voters in 1987 Laver, Marsh and Sinnott concluded that there was little evidence of rational voting. This paper re-examines the question, using the same data, and finds evidence of rationality among ... -
Voter Expectations of Government Formation: The Importance of the Information Context in Coalition Systems:
Mc Elroy, Gail; Bowler, Shaun; Müller, Stefan (2021)Can voters in multi-party systems predict which coalition will form the government with any degree of accuracy? To date, studies which explore voter expectations of coalition formation have emphasized individual-level ... -
Voter preferences and party loyalty under cumulative voting: political behaviour after electoral reform in Bremen and Hamburg
Mc Elroy, Gail; Bowler, Shaun; Müller, Stefan (2018)Many electoral systems constrain voters to one or two votes at election time. Reformers often see this as a failing because voters' preferences are both broader and more varied than the number of choices allowed. New ...