The majority vote rule and runoff primaries in the United States

Electoral Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 407-416

  Engstrom, Richard L ^a   Engstrom, Richard N ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Double complement rule; Majority vote rule; Party primary; Runoff primary; Southern politics (U.S.)

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL SYSTEM; RUNOFF; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44949106194     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2008.04.009     Document Type: Article

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