Political knowledge about electoral rules: Comparing mixed member proportional systems in Germany and New Zealand

Electoral Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 714-730

  Karp, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mixed systems; Political knowledge; Split voting; Voting behavior

Indexed keywords

ELECTORAL SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALASIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 33748491041     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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