Primacy Effects and Voting Methods (Literature Review)

• Autorzy: Steven Linder

Warianty tytułu

Efekt pierwszeństwa a różne metody głosowania : przegląd literatury

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The primacy effect has long been considered a decisive factor in determining election outcomes and has consequently developed a robust literature dedicated to studying it in different scenarios and contexts. However, existing research has offered limited insight into how the choice of voting method, particularly by-mail voting, may influence its impact on elections by altering how and when voters participate. This article first reviews why the primacy effect exists, how researchers identify its influence, and its overall impact on election outcomes. It then discusses why the use of by-mail voting should be expected to alter the primacy effect, and analyzes two works where this relationship has been explored. Their results highlight several of the issues faced when trying to examine this relationship, but also indicate that further study is warranted and likely to be fruitful. (original abstract)

Efekt pierwszeństwa w decyzjach wyborczych (ang. the primacy effect) jest od dawna uważany za kluczowy czynnik determinujący wyniki głosowań. Mechanizm jego działania w rozmaitych kontekstach został szczegółowo przedstawiony w licznych pracach, dotychczas jednak nie skupiono się w wystarczającym stopniu na roli efektu pierwszeństwa podczas głosowania metodą korespondencyjną. W moim artykule dokonuję przeglądu czynników determinujących występowanie efektu pierwszeństwa oraz opisuję jego znaczenie dla wyników wyborów. Następnie, analizując wyniki dwóch prac nad efektem pierwszeństwa oraz wyborami korespondencyjnymi, rozważam, dlaczego taka forma głosowania może zwiększyć siłę działania efektu pierwszeństwa. Omawiane przeze mnie rezultaty identyfikują pewne problemy związane z badaniem zależności między efektem pierwszeństwa a wynikami głosowań drogą korespondencyjną, jednocześnie wskazują na kierunki dalszych obiecujących badań nad fenomenem efektu pierwszeństwa. (abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Voting system; Electoral law; Voting

PL

System wyborczy; Ordynacja wyborcza; Głosowanie

• Czasopismo: Decyzje
• Rocznik: 2021
• Numer: nr 35
• Strony: 27--38

Twórcy

autor

Steven Linder

• University of California

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DOI

10.7206/DEC.1733-0092.151