Melody E. Valdini

Looking for Locals: Voter Information Demands and Personal Vote‐Earning Attributes of Legislators under Proportional Representation

Matthew Søberg Shugart, Melody E. Valdini, Kati Suominen · American Journal of Political Science · 2005 · 527 citations

Public Policy, Personal Vote, Voter Information Demands +15

The Context Matters: The Effects of Single‐Member versus At‐Large Districts on City Council Diversity

Jessica Trounstine, Melody E. Valdini · American Journal of Political Science · 2008 · 207 citations

Context Matters, District Systems, Education +21

A deterrent to diversity: The conditional effect of electoral rules on the nomination of women candidates

Melody E. Valdini · Electoral Studies · 2012 · 106 citations

Gender Disparity, Conditional Effect, Gender Studies +11

Electoral Institutions and the Manifestation of Bias: The Effect of the Personal Vote on the Representation of Women

Melody E. Valdini · Politics & Gender · 2013 · 85 citations · Full text

Political Behavior, Social Sciences, Voting Behavior +16

Looking for Locals: Voter Information Demands and Personal Vote-Earning Attributes of Legislators under Proportional Representation

Matthew Søberg Shugart, Melody E. Valdini, Kati Suominen · American Journal of Political Science · 2005 · 68 citations

Public Opinion, Political Behavior, Public Choice +17