How an ideologically concentrated minority can trump a dispersed majority: Nonmedian voter results for plurality, run-off, and sequential elimination elections

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 134-148

  McGann, Anthony J ^a   Koetzle, William ^b,c   Grofman, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b US House of Representatives   (United States)

^c US House of Representatives   (United States)

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EID: 0036006527     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3088418     Document Type: Article

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