Institution
Illinois General Assembly
Government•Springfield, Illinois, United States•
About: Illinois General Assembly is a government organization based out in Springfield, Illinois, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Cumulative voting & Preparedness. The organization has 2 authors who have published 2 publications receiving 7 citations. The organization is also known as: IL legislature & Illinois legislature.
Topics: Cumulative voting, Preparedness, Competition (economics), Primary election, First-past-the-post voting
Papers
TL;DR: This article examined the effect of the cumulative voting-multiple-member-district electoral system in the selection of members to the lower chamber of the Illinois General As sembly, and found that the system appears to stimulate intraparty competition in primary elections.
Abstract: Focusing upon the unique cumulative voting-multiple member district electoral system employed in the selection of members to the lower chamber of the Illinois General As sembly, this article reexamines several propositions about electoral competition which have resulted from analyses of plurality voting-single member district electoral systems. Competition for and the results of races for house seats during the 1966 to 1976 period constitute the data base of the present study. Although a number of patterns are revealed, the key finding suggested by our analysis is that this peculiar Illinois electoral mechanism appears to have the effect of stimulating intraparty competition in primary elections, particularly in the "weak" party in "safe" one-party districts, while at the same time putting a damper on interparty competition during the general election campaign.
6 citations
Performance Metrics
| Year | Papers |
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| 2004 | 1 |
| 1979 | 1 |