Preference Voting in Open-list PR and Ethnic Representation

• In Event: Proportional Systems of Electoral Representation

Brief Overview

The literature is divided on whether open-list PR helps or hurts ethnic minority candidates. We test how preference voting affects ethnic minority representation. Our dataset includes 4943 candidates competing in 4 parliamentary elections in Latvia.

Authors

• Stephen Bloom, Southern Illinois University

• Frank C. Thames, Texas Tech University

• Daunis Auers, University of Latvia