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Aug 2026
How preferential voting and party ideology shape campaign-focus in proportional electoral systems
While electoral systems shape candidates’ incentives to cultivate personal reputations, institutional rules do not translate mechanically into campaign behaviour. We argue that both electoral institutions and ideological traditions shape campaign strategies: ideological traditions influence both the attractiveness of c...
Julius Lehtinen, Mikko Mattila, Åsa von Schoultz
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