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Open/Closed List and Party Choice: Experimental Evidence from the U.K.Jack BlumenauLondon School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) Andrew C. EggersUniversity of Oxford Dominik HangartnerLondon School of Economics & Political Science (LSE); Stanford Immigration Policy Lab Simon HixLondon School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Government 2014 APSA 2014 Annual Meeting Paper Abstract: Existing research comparing open-list and closed-list PR electoral systems has highlighted the way in which ballot type a ects candidates' electoral strategies. We depart from this literature by emphasizing that ballot type may also affect the relative success of di erent kinds of parties. When voters have strong opinions about an issue on which major parties are internally divided, open-list ballots give voters an opportunity to express their preference on that issue without having to support a \niche" party. We provide experimental evidence of this phenomenon from the UK, where we show in hypothetical European Parliament elections that using an open-list ballot would shift support from UKIP (the Eurosceptic party) to Eurosceptic candidates of the Conservative Party.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 44 Date posted: August 21, 2014Suggested CitationContact Information
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