William Bowe is the publisher of the electoral studies blog, The Poll Bludger, on the Crikey website.
His main fields of research are intellectual history and electoral studies.
They created the Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes de Civilisation Britannique (CRECIB ) to promote research and to develop the academic content, much of it derived from a research programme of British electoral studies.
This note presents a new electoral studies research program that will examine party and voter behaviour in 27 elections (national, supra-national, and sub-national) in five countries (Canada, France, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland) and that includes a series of experiments designed to complement the analyses of these 27 elections.
This four-volume set brings together the very best of this research to present a comprehensive picture of electoral systems study from their design and stability to the outcomes they produce and the question of reform.
In marked contrast to the findings from advanced democracies that incumbent office holders enjoy electoral advantages, this study finds that a substantial incumbency disadvantage exists in South Korean National Assembly (KNA) elections.
He studies electoral reform.
The conclusion summarizes the key features of this new research agenda studying electoral integrity.
"Think of politics as a career ladder," Michael McDonald, a professor of political science at Binghamton University, who studies electoral representation, says.
He studies electoral districts, sends mailings, unleashes robo-calls and talks up the candidate on his radio show.
Mr. Anderson, who is supporting Mr. Nader, the Green Party nominee, is president of the Center for Voting and Democracy, a nonpartisan group that studies electoral systems.
