Preferential Voting Systems Influence on Intra-Party Competition and
This book examines the effects of preferential voting on intraparty electoral competition and voting behavior. Using data covering 19 countries and over 200 elections, this study sheds light on a somewhat neglected aspect of electoral systems. The author
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Gianluca Passarelli
Preferential Voting Systems
Gianluca Passarelli
Preferential Voting Systems Influence on Intra-Party Competition and Voting Behaviour
Gianluca Passarelli Department of Political Sciences Sapienza University Rome, Italy
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After all, I am still writing (kind of) books only for the pleasure of dedicating them to you: Cesira, Mario, and the “newly elected” who is expected in our family: Gabriele. They were truly selected via a “preference vote”
Preface
Being born in Italy (being Italian is different, and I never completely understood what it really means) has had some influence, albeit involuntarily, on my political and cultural education. When I was very young, I witnessed “preferential voting” in action. Since then, I have cultivated a passion for the study and analysis of electoral systems. Through a child’s eyes, I watched the unfair and undemocratic so-called “scheda segnata”, in which, until 1991, a maximum of four votes was possible and parties gave their affiliates a number series, such as 1, 2, 3, 4, indicating the precise candidates whom they were to support. The control in the precinct was the confirmation that the voter was loyal. This system was primarily (but not exclusively) used by the Christian Democrats to control voters’ behaviour. Similarly, the Communists, who claimed to fight for voters’ freedom, in fact co
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