Strategic voting in British elections

Electoral Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-19

  Alvarez, R Michael ^a   Boehmke, Frederick J ^b   Nagler, Jonathan ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

British elections; Strategic voting; Tactical voting

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33344473072     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2005.02.008     Document Type: Article

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