Blumenau, Jack, Eggers, Andy, Hangartner, Dominik and Hix, Simon (2013) If the European Parliament voting system were changed to an open-list system, many voters would switch their support from UKIP to the Conservative party. British Politics and Policy at LSE (27 Jul 2013). Website.
|
PDF
Download (332kB) | Preview |
Abstract
Britain currently uses a closed-list system for the European Parliament elections, allowing voters only to express support for parties as a whole. An open-list system would allow a voter to choose a candidate from one of the mainstream political parties, whilst still expressing her preferences on the European issue through the selection of a party. Since their exists substantial intra-party diversity, Jack Blumenau, Andy Eggers, Dominik Hangartner and Simon Hix ask whether voters behave differently if they were able to vote for individual candidates, rather than political parties as a whole? Through a new survey experiment, they show that if an open-list system were to be used (as it is in most European countries), then a significant portion of UKIP votes would end up switching to the Conservative party.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
|---|---|
| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2013 The Authors |
| Divisions: | Government |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Jun 2015 12:41 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Sep 2025 07:54 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/62343 |
Actions (login required)
 |
View Item |
Download Statistics
Download Statistics