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What Kind of Electoral Outcome do People Think is Good for Democracy?
Martial Foucault
1, 2
André Blais
3
Damien Bol
4
Shaun Bowler
5
David Farrell
6
Annika Fredén
Emmanuel Heisbourg
Romain Lachat
1, 2
Ignacio Lago
Peter John Loewen
7
Miroslav Nemčok
Jean-Benoit Pilet
Carolina Plescia
Martial Foucault 1, 2
Author IdHAL : martial-foucault ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6132-7160
André Blais 3
Author ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4292-110X
Damien Bol 4
Author ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1896-1294
Shaun Bowler 5
Author
David Farrell 6
Author ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-4335
Annika Fredén
Author
Emmanuel Heisbourg
Author
Romain Lachat 1, 2
Author
Ignacio Lago
Author ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0611-8467
Peter John Loewen 7
Author ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2690-4158
Miroslav Nemčok
Author
Jean-Benoit Pilet
Author
Carolina Plescia
Author
1
Sciences Po - Sciences Po (27, rue Saint-Guillaume - 75337 Paris cedex 07 - France)
2
CEVIPOF - Centre de recherches politiques de Sciences Po (Sciences Po, CNRS) (27, rue Saint-Guillaume
75337 Paris Cedex 07 - France)
- Sciences Po - Sciences Po (27, rue Saint-Guillaume - 75337 Paris cedex 07 - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR7048 (France)
3
UdeM - Université de Montréal (2900 Boulevard Edouard-Montpetit, Montréal, QC H3T 1J4 - Canada)
4
King‘s College London (Strand Campus, London WC2R 2LS - United Kingdom)
5
UCR - University of California [Riverside] (900 University Ave. Riverside, CA 92521 - United States)
- University of California (United States)
6
UCD - University College Dublin [Dublin] (Belfield, Dublin 4 - Ireland)
7
University of Toronto (27 King's College Circle, Toronto M5S 1A1 - Canada)
Abstract : There is perennial debate in comparative politics about electoral institutions, but what characterizes this debate is the lack of consideration for citizens’ perspective. In this paper, we report the results of an original survey conducted on representative samples in 15 West European countries ( N = 15,414). We implemented an original instrument to elicit respondents’ views by asking them to rate “real but blind” electoral outcomes. With this survey instrument, we aimed to elicit principled rather than partisan preferences regarding the kind of electoral outcomes that citizens think is good for democracy. We find that West Europeans do not clearly endorse a majoritarian or proportional vision of democracy. They tend to focus on aspects of the government rather than parliament when they pass a judgment. They want a majority government that has few parties and enjoys wide popular support. Finally, we find only small differences between citizens of different countries.
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- DOI : 10.1177/00323217211055560
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Martial Foucault, André Blais, Damien Bol, Shaun Bowler, David Farrell, et al.. What Kind of Electoral Outcome do People Think is Good for Democracy?. Political Studies, Wiley-Blackwell: No OnlineOpen, 2021, pp.003232172110555. ⟨10.1177/00323217211055560⟩. ⟨hal-03423514⟩
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