Geography and election results: Disproportionality and bias at the 1993-2004 elections to the Australian house of representatives

Geographical Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Johnston, Ron ^a   Forrest, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Electoral bias; House of representatives

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; PARTY POLITICS; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 73649137891     PISSN: 17455863     EISSN: 17455871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2009.00573.x     Document Type: Article

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