Goldilocks' Party Problem: Finding the Optimal Number of Parties in a Multidimensional Europe

• In Event: Dimensionality and Representation in Europe

Brief Overview

How many parties should represent voters in modern Europe? We use EES and CHES data to investigate the influence of the number of policy dimensions, the salience of these dimensions, and the algorithm used to determine which voter clusters exist.

Authors

• Scott De Marchi, Duke University

• Michael Ensley, Kent State University at Kent

• Seth Jolly, Syracuse University