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Electoral management and the organisational determinants of electoral integrity
Achieving the ideals of electoral democracy depends on well-run elections. Persistent problems of electoral integrity in transitional and established democracies have prompted a burgeoning literature seeking to explain the determinants of electoral integrity around the world. However, the study of the organisations responsible for managing the electoral process has been limited to isolated national case studies. This article opens up an interdisciplinary and international research agenda on the global study of the organisational determinants of electoral integrity. It defines the concept of electoral management and provides a framework to understand how electoral management body (EMB) institutional design, EMB performance and electoral integrity are related. Findings from new data derived from cross-national surveys of EMBs are described, providing new insights into how elections are managed worldwide
Patterns of women candidacy in Anglo-American democracies
tag=1 data=Patterns of women candidacy in Anglo-American democracies.
tag=2 data=Catt, Helena.
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NZES1993: New Zealand Election Survey
<p>The post-election
survey focused on voting trends and decision-making in the 1993 New Zealand
general election. Voters were questioned on: parties/politicians and the
politics and issues of each; economic policy; attitudes to other policies and
values; their attitudes on the extent of representation and the level of
participation; party preferences and voting; the role of elections and types of
electoral reforms.</p>
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Background variables include age, sex, country
of birth, place of residence, racial, religious and class identity, personal
income, marital status, level of education, employment status, income, spouse’s
employment status and income.</p
NZES1996: New Zealand Election Study
<p>The objectives of the
1996 election study were two-fold: to monitor the democratic process during New
Zealand’s transition from a plurality (first-past-the-post) electoral system to
a proportional (MMP) system, and to gauge the attitudes, opinions and
behaviours of electors. Two election surveys were conducted – one during the
campaign and the other after the election. The questionnaire and data set provided are from the post-election survey.</p><p>Electors surveyed in
the pre-election phase answered questions on party affiliation, preferred Prime
Minister, most important issue affecting voting choice, party and candidate
most likely to choose, coalition preferences, parties expected to form the next
government, and the relative importance of party and electoral votes under MMP.</p><p>Electors in the
post-election phase were asked questions on their interest in politics, the
type of communication (e.g. phone calls, letters) received from members of campaigning
parties, previous and current party affiliation, the effectiveness of MPs,
unity of the main political parties, the performance of the government,
important election and social issues, the power of the vote and the need for a
one-party government.</p><p>Background variables included age, gender,
marital status, occupation, income, collection of benefits, subjective class,
religion, ethnic identity, occupation and partisanship of parents.<br></p