Strategic coalition voting: Evidence from New Zealand

Electoral Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 350-357

  Bowler, Shaun ^a   Karp, Jeffrey A ^b   Donovan, Todd ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalition government; Coalitions; New Zealand; Rolling cross section survey; Strategic voting; Tactical vote; Voter expectations

Indexed keywords

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

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 77954637945     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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