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- Title
Una estimación del voto estratégico de Izquierda Unida al Partido Socialista en las elecciones generales del período 2000-2008.
- Authors
García Viñuela, Enrique; Artés, Joaquín
- Abstract
In this paper we use the method of counterfactual simulation to estimate the number of strategic votes transferred from the United Left (IU) to the Socialist Party (PSOE) in the last three Spanish general elections. The strategic voters we refer to are those who, in spite of IU being their first political preference, voted for the PSOE in order to attain representation benefits. The counterfactual simulation procedure is used to examine how the predicted individual probability of voting for a party changes when the strategic incentives at constituency level are removed. Our results lend support to the hypothesis that IU's electoral and parliamentary collapse was due in no small measure to the strategic behavior of its followers.
- Subjects
SPAIN; VOTING research; ELECTIONS; SOCIALIST Party (Spain); SIMULATION methods &; models; SPANISH politics &; government, 1975-2014
- Publication
Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas, 2009, Issue 128, p35
- ISSN
0210-5233
- Publication type
Article