...Arjun Vishwanath Ranked choice voting (RCV) is an increasingly popular electoral institution that has been posited by reformers and media outlets to produce transformative effects on electoral outcomes and representation. However, there is little social scientific evidence available that evaluates...

... Electoral institutions local government women’s representation women in politics gender quotas India Under-representation of women in electoral politics is a global phenomenon. Besides being important in and of itself, women’s political representation changes the terms of political engagement...

... democracy elections electoral institutions political participation local politics One of the challenging aspects of designing democracies is deciding which public officials to directly elect and which to appoint. America’s founders ratified a Constitution that relied almost exclusively...

... findings have important implications for the competitiveness-turnout relationship in other electoral settings with geographically compact, single-member districts. © 2019 D. J. Moskowitz and B. Schneer 2019 D. J. Moskowitz and B. Schneer Licensed re-use rights only Elections electoral...