Trading party preferences: The Australian experience of preferential voting

Electoral Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 543-560

  Sharman, C ^a   Sayers, A M ^b   Miragliotta, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative vote; Australia; Electoral reform; Minor parties; Preferential voting; Single transferable vote

Indexed keywords

ELECTORAL SYSTEM; PARTY POLITICS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0036887529     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-3794(01)00012-9     Document Type: Article

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