Whether citizens vote strategically, using their votes to defeat their least-preferred candidate,
or vote sincerely, voting for their first choice among the alternatives, is a question of …

In this paper we examine the extent to which voters engage in strategic behavior. Our
contribution is accounting for the context in which voters have the opportunity to behave in a …

This paper fits into a growing literature about the conceptualisation and measurement of
strategic voting. Here we compare the results obtained by applying a 'direct'method of …

We propose a method for measuring strategic voting in multiparty plurality elections, and we
apply that method to the 1997 Canadian election. The first stage of the inquiry determines …

Whereas the classic literature on strategic voting has focused on the dilemma faced by
voters who prefer a candidate for whom they expect has little chance of winning a seat, we …

In a plurality-rule election, a group of voters must coordinate behind one of two challengers
in order to defeat a disliked status quo. Departing from existing work, the support for each …

The paper proposes a two-step procedure to measure strategic voting in legislative
elections. The approach uses voters' rank-order of preferences as well as their perceptions …

There has been substantial debate on the measurement of tactical voting in this Journal,
much of which has actually been concerned with the definition of a tactical vote. For this …

Japan's new electoral system may or may not be good for Japanese democracy, but it is
almost ideally designed for the study of strategic voting. No other existing electoral system …

The absence of strategic voting in new democracies represents a potential threat to
democratic consolidation because it could inhibit the development of a stable party system …