Is Fusion Voting a Solution to Extremism and Polarization? Third Parties’ Effect under New York’s Fusion System

• In Event: The Effects of Polarization

Brief Overview

The examination of the New York gubernatorial elections between 2006 and 2022 shows that the Working Families and Conservative Parties pull the major parties and/or their candidates away from the center and fusion voting contributes to polarization.

Author

• Ilay Inceefe, Western Michigan University