| ID | 158537 |
| Title Proper | Coattails and mixed electoral systems |
| Other Title Information | evidence from Taiwan's 2016 election |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Rich, Timothy S |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | To what extent do presidential candidates influence voting in mixed member legislative elections? A sizable literature addresses presidential–legislative coattail effects in the American context, with less attention given to this interaction in non-Western democracies. Nor is the role of past voting behavior adequately assessed in the literature. Taiwan's historic 2016 election allows for an analysis of the extent in which the popularity of presidential candidates influences coattail voting in the more complex electoral environment of two-vote mixed legislative systems. Evidence finds that, controlling for partisanship and previous voting behavior, voters who supported a presidential candidate were more likely to also support the party's legislative candidates, although this influence is stronger in regards to Democratic Progressive Party's Tsai Ing-wen. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of East Asian Studies Vol. 18, No.1; Mar 2018: p.47-66 |
| Journal Source | Journal of East Asian Studies Vol: 18 No 1 |
| Key Words | President ; Coattail Voting ; Mixed Systems ; PartisanshipTaiwan |