Blumenau, J;
Eggers, AC;
Hangartner, D;
Hix, S;
(2017)
Open/Closed List and Party Choice: Experimental Evidence from the UK.
British Journal of Political Science
, 47
(04)
pp. 809-827.
10.1017/S0007123415000629.
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Abstract
Which parties benefit from open-list (as opposed to closed-list) proportional representation elections? This article shows that a move from closed-list to open-list competition is likely to be more favorable to parties with more internal disagreement on salient issues; this is because voters who might have voted for a unified party under closed lists may be drawn to specific candidates within internally divided parties under open lists. The study provides experimental evidence of this phenomenon in a hypothetical European Parliament election in the UK, in which using an open-list ballot would shift support from UKIP (the Eurosceptic party) to Eurosceptic candidates of the Conservative Party. The findings suggest that open-list ballots could restrict support for parties that primarily mobilize on a single issue.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Open/Closed List and Party Choice: Experimental Evidence from the UK |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0007123415000629 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123415000629 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Political Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10041027 |
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