Size and Local Democracy Page 1 Size and Local Democracy Bas Denters, Michael Goldsmith,
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Local party systems are not necessarily copies of their country's national party system. Some
national parties do not field candidates in all municipalities, while in other municipalities …

This article provides a novel explanation for ticket splitting rooted in the literature on voter
uncertainty. The argument is that in contexts marked by asymmetrical competition, such as …

This chapter critically engages with the prevailing conceptions of local elections as mere
lower rank elections or simply a different kind of election in contrast to national elections …

Local government party systems are not necessarily copies of the national party system. In
many countries, local party systems have come to resemble the national one more and more …

Why do voters support different parties at elections when given the opportunity of casting two
votes to elect the same representative body? This book relaxes common assumptions in the …

While the qualitative dimension of local political recruitment is the subject of extensive
discussion in the literature, little attention has been paid to the quantitative aspect, ie, how …

Local electoral reform is important because local politics is a 'missing link'in understanding
how electoral reform impacts upon political behaviour. This article discusses this question …

Abstract In Mixed Member Proportional systems, voters are able to split their vote. To what
extent do voters use this opportunity, which voters seem to use this opportunity most and …

Taking advantage of a quasi-experimental setting and drawing upon analysis of electoral
results and a survey of voters, this article explores the political costs of reform through the …