ALEX3: A simulation program to compare electoral systems

Marie Edith Bissey; Mauro Carini; Guido Ortona

ALEX3: A simulation program to compare electoral systems

Marie Edith Bissey
, Mauro Carini
, Guido Ortona

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Abstract

The paper describes a program for comparing electoral systems based on the simulation of the preferences of the voters. The parameters requested (distribution of first preferences, district magnitude, etc) are set up by the user. The program produces the resulting Parliament under a number of electoral systems, an index of representativeness and an index of governability. The first part of the paper describes the characteristics of the program. In the second part it is used to compare eleven electoral systems in two virtual but realistic cases.

Original language	English
Journal	JASSS
Volume	7
Issue number	3
Publication status	Published - Jun 2004
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Electoral Simulation
Electoral Systems
Governability
Representativeness

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