The theory of straight ticket voting

Hengel, Erin ORCID: 0000-0002-2039-3521, Gorelkina, Olga ORCID: 0000-0002-0873-8873 and Grypari, Ioanna (2022) The theory of straight ticket voting. Social Choice and Welfare, 60 (3). pp. 365-381.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00355-022-01418-2

Abstract

This paper explores the effects of the straight-ticket voting option (STVO) on the positions of politicians. STVO, present in some U.S. states, allows voters to select one party for all partisan elections listed on the ballot, as opposed to filling out each office individually. We analyze the effects of STVO on policy-making by building a model of pre-election competition. STVO results in greater party loyalty of candidates, while increasing the weight of non-partisan voters' positions in candidate selection. This induces an asymmetric effect on winning probabilities and implemented policies in the two-party system.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Management
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	12 Aug 2022 08:25
Last Modified:	17 Nov 2023 04:30
DOI:	10.1007/s00355-022-01418-2
Open Access URL:	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-022-01418-2
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3161043