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

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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> <p> 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