Attributes, Preferences and Electoral Institutions: Electoral Thresholds Reconsidered

• In Event: Proportionality and Political Outcomes

Brief Overview

This paper reexamines the role electoral thresholds play in explaining electoral behavior, as part of a larger effort to create a “preference-attribute” model that explains how group identities and policy preferences both impact electoral choice.

Authors

• Philip J. Howe, Adrian College

• Christina Isabel Zuber, University of Konstanz

• Edina Szöcsik, University of Basel