Partisan Interests or Values-Based Reasoning: An Analysis of Legislator Support for Electoral Reform

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Abstract: Why do some electoral systems change, and others stagnate? This question has seen many answers in literature, the two that have garnered the most focus being partisan interest and accordance with certain values. The partisan interest is that where a legislator is pursuing a
change, or not, to maximize their caucuses gains and minimize their losses. The pursuit of reform to remain in accordance with certain values is when a legislator pursues a reform, or not, to bring the electoral system in line with values that they see as central in the system and
society. These values, according to Virgin (2021), were under the umbrella of the “common good”. Some examples that Virgin pointed to were that of egalitarianism and self-reliance.

Author	Slingerland, Finn

DOI	https://doi.org/10.25740/db082hh0603
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/db082hh0603

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Preferred citation: Slingerland, F. (2023). Partisan Interests or Values-Based Reasoning: An Analysis of Legislator Support for Electoral Reform. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at https://purl.stanford.edu/db082hh0603. https://doi.org/10.25740/db082hh0603.

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