The EuroVotePlus experiment
Article dans une revue: This paper reports on an online experiment that took place in several European countries during the three weeks before the 2014 elections for the European Parliament. We created a website where visitors could obtain information about the electoral rules used in different European Member States for this election. Participants were then invited to cast (simulated) ballots for the election according to three voting rules: closed list proportional representation, open list proportional representation with preferential voting, and open list proportional representation with cumulative voting and panachage. Participants were also invited to think about, and experiment with, the idea of electing some members of the European Parliament through pan-European party lists. The data gathered from this study enable researchers to consider the effects of electoral systems on outcomes in individual countries, and also to investigate the potential popularity and effects of Europe-wide European Parliament constituencies.
Auteur(s)
Jean-François Laslier, André Blais, Damien Bol, Sona Golder, Philipp Harfst, Laura Stephenson, Karine Van der Straeten
Revue
- European Union Politics
Date de publication
- 2015
Mots-clés
- European Parliament Election
- Experiment
- Open lists
- Proportional representation
- Voting rules
Pages
- 601-615
URL de la notice HAL
Version
- 1
Volume
- 16