Direct or indirect? Assessing two approaches to the measurement of strategic voting

Electoral Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-176

  Blais, André ^a   Young, Robert ^b   Turcotte, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c CENTRE URBANISATION CULTURE SOCIÉTÉ   (Canada)

Author keywords

Direct; Indirect; Strategic voting

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; STRATEGIC APPROACH; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12944275347     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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