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
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David Farrell
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Annika Fredén
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Emmanuel Heisbourg
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Romain Lachat
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Ignacio Lago
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Peter John Loewen
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Miroslav Nemčok
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Jean-Benoit Pilet
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Carolina Plescia
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Résumé
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.
Domaines
Science politiqueFormat du dépôt | Notice |
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Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
Titre |
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What Kind of Electoral Outcome do People Think is Good for Democracy?
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Résumé |
en
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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Auteur(s) |
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
1
Sciences Po -
Sciences Po
( 301587 )
- 27, rue Saint-Guillaume - 75337 Paris cedex 07
- France
2
CEVIPOF -
Centre de recherches politiques de Sciences Po (Sciences Po, CNRS)
( 1009 )
- 27, rue Saint-Guillaume
75337 Paris Cedex 07
- France
3
UdeM -
Université de Montréal
( 302452 )
- 2900 Boulevard Edouard-Montpetit, Montréal, QC H3T 1J4
- Canada
4
King‘s College London
( 327716 )
- Strand Campus, London WC2R 2LS
- Royaume-Uni
5
UC Riverside -
University of California [Riverside]
( 300446 )
- 900 University Ave. Riverside, CA 92521
- États-Unis
6
UCD -
University College Dublin [Dublin]
( 83934 )
- Belfield, Dublin 4
- Irlande
7
University of Toronto
( 300722 )
- 27 King's College Circle, Toronto M5S 1A1
- Canada
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication |
2021-11-09
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Domaine(s) |
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DOI | 10.1177/00323217211055560 |
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