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Ballot position and election results : New evidence from a natural experiment. / Blom-Hansen, Jens; Elklit, Jørgen; Serritzlew, Søren.
I: Electoral Studies, Bind 74, 102409, 12.2021.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift/Konferencebidrag i tidsskrift /Bidrag til avis › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Ballot position and election results
T2 - New evidence from a natural experiment
AU - Blom-Hansen, Jens
AU - Elklit, Jørgen
AU - Serritzlew, Søren
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - It is well-known that candidates listed first on the ballot paper tend to receive more votes than other candidates. However, experimental studies that confirm this truism mostly stem from first-past-the-post systems. Do we also find ballot position effects in PR systems where voters may vote for a party instead of a specific candidate? We investigate a natural experiment in Danish national elections involving more than 9,000 candidates on almost 100 different ballot papers. Our findings show that ballot positions, indeed, have a causal effect on election results in PR systems. Since Danish national elections constitute a least-likely case, our findings indicate that ballot position effects are much more empirically relevant than suggested by existing research.
AB - It is well-known that candidates listed first on the ballot paper tend to receive more votes than other candidates. However, experimental studies that confirm this truism mostly stem from first-past-the-post systems. Do we also find ballot position effects in PR systems where voters may vote for a party instead of a specific candidate? We investigate a natural experiment in Danish national elections involving more than 9,000 candidates on almost 100 different ballot papers. Our findings show that ballot positions, indeed, have a causal effect on election results in PR systems. Since Danish national elections constitute a least-likely case, our findings indicate that ballot position effects are much more empirically relevant than suggested by existing research.
KW - Ballot position effects
KW - Natural Experiment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85116407911&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.electstud.2021.102409
DO - 10.1016/j.electstud.2021.102409
M3 - Journal article
VL - 74
JO - Electoral Studies
JF - Electoral Studies
SN - 0261-3794
M1 - 102409
ER -