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effective threshold: a standalone construct

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effectivethreshold1 CONSTRUCTEffective thresholdLIJPHART · ELECTORAL STUDIES

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Electoral studies

the vote share a party needs, on average, to win a seat, combining legal thresholds and district magnitude into one measure of an electoral system's restrictiveness.

In electoral studies, effective threshold refers to the vote share a party needs, on average, to win a seat, combining legal thresholds and district magnitude into one measure of an electoral system's restrictiveness. This meaning comes from Lijphart (1994) in Electoral Systems and Party Systems.[1]

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References

  1. Lijphart, A. (1994). Electoral Systems and Party Systems. Oxford University PressOxford. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198273479.001.0001

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