Strategic voting in German constituencies

Electoral Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 228-244

  Herrmann, Michael ^a   Pappi, Franz Urban ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calculus of voting; German elections; Single member districts; Strategic voting

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; PARTY POLITICS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC;

EID: 43049171673     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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