When the choice is made matters : voting in Japan’s 2012 House of Representatives election

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Rich, Timothy S.
Banerjee, Vasabjit

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What influences the timing of vote choices in mixed-member systems and to what extent does this influence split-ticketing voting? Although voters cast both ballots in effect simultaneously, they may make their decisions on which candidate and party to support sequentially. Using Japan’s 2012 election as a case study, empirical analyses find that the district nominations influence the timing of one’s district vote intention. Meanwhile the timing of vote choices corresponds with ticket-splitting, even after controlling for partisan and socio-economic factors.

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Mixed-member systems, Split-ticket voting, Voting behaviour, Japan, Member electoral system, Divided government, Gender gap, Behavior

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Timothy S. Rich & Vasabjit Banerjee (2018) When the choice is made matters: voting in Japan’s 2012 House of Representatives election, Political Science, 70:1, 26-40, DOI: 10.1080/00323187.2018.1491799.