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A Multi-Criteria Pen for Drawing Fair Districts: When Democratic and Demographic Fairness Matter
by Eduardo Álvarez-Miranda, Camilo Campos-Valdés, Maurcio Morales Quiroga, Matías Moreno-Faguett and Jordi Pereira
Mathematics 2020, 8(9), 1404; https://doi.org/10.3390/math8091404 - 21 Aug 2020
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Electoral systems are modified by individuals who have incentives to bias the rules for their political advantage (i.e., gerrymandering). To prevent gerrymandering, legislative institutions can rely on mathematical tools to guarantee democratic fairness and territorial contiguity. These tools have been successfully used in [...] Read more.
Electoral systems are modified by individuals who have incentives to bias the rules for their political advantage (i.e., gerrymandering). To prevent gerrymandering, legislative institutions can rely on mathematical tools to guarantee democratic fairness and territorial contiguity. These tools have been successfully used in the past; however, there is a need to accommodate additional meanings of the term fairness within the electoral systems of modern democracies. In this paper, we present an optimization framework that considers multiple criteria for drawing districts and assigning the number of representatives. Besides some typical districting criteria (malapportionment and contiguity), we introduce novel criteria for ensuring territorial equilibrium and incentives for candidates to deploy their representation efforts fairly during their campaign and period in office. We test the method, which we denote as Multi-criteria Pen, in a recent and a forthcoming reform of the Chilean electoral system. The results show the potential of our tool to improve the current territorial design and offers insights on the motivations, objectives, and deficiencies of both reform plans. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances and Applications in Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis)
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Electoral Competition with Strategic Disclosure
by Jacopo Bizzotto and Benjamin Solow
Games 2019, 10(3), 29; https://doi.org/10.3390/g10030029 - 6 Jul 2019
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Recent developments in information and communication technologies allow candidates for office to engage in sophisticated messaging strategies to influence voter choice. We consider how access to different technologies influence the choice of policy platforms by candidates. We find that when candidates can target [...] Read more.
Recent developments in information and communication technologies allow candidates for office to engage in sophisticated messaging strategies to influence voter choice. We consider how access to different technologies influence the choice of policy platforms by candidates. We find that when candidates can target messages to specific voter groups, platforms are more likely to be inefficient. In particular, when candidates can run targeted campaigns, they commit to projects that benefit small groups even when the social cost of these projects outweigh their benefits. Our results are robust to negative advertising. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Political Games: Strategy, Persuasion, and Learning)
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Political Experience and the Success of Female Gubernatorial Candidates
by Valerie R. O’Regan and Stephen J. Stambough
Soc. Sci. 2016, 5(2), 16; https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci5020016 - 25 Apr 2016
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This research examines the effect that political experience has on the success of female gubernatorial candidates by analyzing the female vs. male gubernatorial elections from 1976–2014. The study questions whether prior statewide political office experience is advantageous for female candidates and is this [...] Read more.
This research examines the effect that political experience has on the success of female gubernatorial candidates by analyzing the female vs. male gubernatorial elections from 1976–2014. The study questions whether prior statewide political office experience is advantageous for female candidates and is this consistent across party lines. This research builds on the political pipeline theory, which suggests that the shortage of women holding higher level political office, such as governor, is due to the lack of qualified and motivated women running for political office. We argue that women who hold lower level statewide office develop the necessary experience and name recognition that provides them with the qualifications and motivation, both within themselves and from other sources such as political parties, to run for and win the office of governor. Our findings suggest that statewide office experience is important for the success of Democratic women gubernatorial candidates but not for Republican women gubernatorial candidates. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Women, Gender and Politics: An International Overview)
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