Votes or Seats: On the left-wing bias of PR systems

Autor principal:
Pedro Riera (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Autores:
Robert Liñeira (University of Glasgow)
Programa:
Sesión 5, Sesión 5
Día: jueves, 8 de julio de 2021
Hora: 11:00 a 12:45
Lugar: Online

This paper has two main goals. First, it aims at establishing whether proportional representation systems do actually favour left-wing parties. Second, it seeks to disentangle what are the exact mechanisms that explain these effects.

Palabras clave: electoral systems; parties; ideology; mechanisms; comparative politics