It All Happens at Once: Understanding Electoral Behaviour in Second-Order Elections

The second-order election (SOE) model as originally formulated by Reif and Schmitt (1980) suggests that, relative to the preceding first-order election result, turnout is lower in SOEs, government and big parties lose, and small and ideologically extreme parties win. These regularities are not stati...

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Main Authors: Hermann Schmitt, Alberto Sanz, Daniela Braun, Eftichia Teperoglou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cogitatio 2020-02-01
Series:Politics and Governance
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Online Access:https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/2513