Great Britain has a well-established electoral geography. Using the terminology developed by Key (1955) for the study of American elections, this has produced a long series of …
In parliamentary systems like Canada, voters directly contribute to the election outcome only in their own riding. However, the focus of election campaigns is often national, emphasizing …
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Some researchers believe that voting behavior is spatially clustered and varies across places because of the different local political and economic conditions where voters reside …
We examine the role of strategic motivations in mediating the relationship between underlying political preferences and vote choice, in a multiparty, single member, simple …
Most study of British voting behaviour focuses on class and other compositional influences on party choice, paying relatively little attention to contextual influences—spatial variations …
Tests of the neighbourhood effect hypothesis at general elections in the United Kingdom have largely been precluded by the absence of suitable xivsmall-scale data. This article …
Abstract C utts D. and W ebber DJ Voting patterns, party spending and relative location in England and Wales, Regional Studies. There is growing evidence that context can influence …
Recent debates in the analysis of electoral behaviour indicate the importance of local economic conditions in accounting for the geography of the vote. Where local economies …
This article examines the electoral impact of spillover effects in local campaigns in Britain. For the first time, this is applied to the long as well as the short campaign. Using spatial …