DECISION HEURISTICS - TICKET-SPLITTING AND THE IRISH VOTER

Authors
DARCY R MARSH M
Citation
R. Darcy et M. Marsh, DECISION HEURISTICS - TICKET-SPLITTING AND THE IRISH VOTER, Electoral studies, 13(1), 1994, pp. 38-49
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Political Science
Journal title
Electoral studies → ACNP
ISSN journal
02613794
Volume
13
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
38 - 49
Database
ISI
SICI code
0261-3794(1994)13:1<38:DH-TAT>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
How the ballot is structured encourages particular strategies of elect oral choice. One philosophy is to de-emphasize party by listing candid ates alphabetically. Ireland's single transferable vote ballot takes t his form. This encourages voters to express support for candidates of more than one party. Malta and Australia also use the single transfera ble vote, but the ballot groups candidates by party. The result is far fewer vote transfers between parties than is typical in Ireland.