Colomer’s model highlights the significance of party system fragmentation in driving changes in the electoral system. In this article, I argue that not only political parties but also institutions and ...

American democracy is struggling. Political polarization has exacerbated division within the electorate, while gerrymandering and hyper-polarization mean only a handful of elections are truly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A campaign sign for U.S. President Donald Trump lies beneath water in the Capitol Reflecting Pool on Capitol Hill on 9 January ...

Every four years, the United States prepares for a presidential election where citizens cast their votes for the next commander-in-chief. However, while every vote is significant, the outcome is ...

In 2020, Joseph R. Biden Jr. won one electoral vote in a state that divides its votes by congressional district. Donald J. Trump has supported the stalled effort to change the system. By Jonathan ...

Electoral dynamics encompasses the complex interactions between institutional rules, party strategies and voter behaviour that shape democratic outcomes. Core elements include the design of electoral ...

It isn’t just a case of PR versus first-past-the-post. We need to consider in depth the choice between electoral systems for elections to Parliament – and their diverse variations. Stuart Weir reports ...

Public support for reforming the UK’s first past the post electoral system has risen markedly of late. So is there any serious chance that such reform could actually happen? The annual British Social ...

Somaliland; ʿasabiyyah; Ibn Khaldun; electoral systems; bloc politics; kinship networks; informal institutions; political ...