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Majority Runoff Systems

Majority Runoff Systems is an electoral system in which a candidate must secure an absolute majority of votes to win, and if no candidate achieves this threshold in the first round, a subsequent runoff election is held between the top contenders to determine the winner.

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2017–2026

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Variants

Double-ballot SystemTwo-round System

Parents

Publications

9

Plurality Versus Majority Election of Presidents

Matthew Søberg Shugart, Rein Taagepera · Comparative Political Studies · 1994 · 86 citations · Full text

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The majority vote rule and runoff primaries in the United States

Richard L. Engstrom, Richard N. Engstrom, Richard N. Engstrom et al. · Electoral Studies · 2008 · 58 citations

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Voter Turnout in Presidential Democracies

Bryan J. Dettrey, Leslie A. Schwindt‐Bayer · Comparative Political Studies · 2009 · 57 citations

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Majority runoff elections: Strategic voting and Duverger's hypothesis

Laurent Bouton, Gabriele Gratton · Theoretical Economics · 2015 · 50 citations · Full text

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Simple plurality versus plurality runoff with privately informed voters

Social Choice and Welfare · 2002 · 41 citations

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Authors

18

  1. MD
    Matthew Diamond

    Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    1 publications · 29 citations

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  2. RL
    Richard L. Engstrom

    University of New Orleans, United States

    1 publications · 58 citations

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  3. GG
    Gabriele Gratton

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    1 publications · 50 citations

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  4. LB
    Laurent Bouton

    Georgetown University, United States

    1 publications · 50 citations

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  5. JA
    James Adams

    University of California, Davis, United States

    1 publications · 18 citations

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Institutions

15

  1. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    57 citations

  2. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    145 citations

  3. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    29 citations

  4. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    86 citations

  5. New York University

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    30 citations

  6. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  7. Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México

    Mexico City, Mexico

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    41 citations

  8. University of Tartu

    Tartu, Estonia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    86 citations

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Venues

  1. The Journal of Politics

    JP · 2 publications · 47 citations

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  2. Electoral Studies

    2 publications · 86 citations

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  3. Comparative Political Studies

    CPS · 2 publications · 143 citations

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  4. British Journal of Political Science

    1 publications · 30 citations

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  5. Theoretical Economics

    TE · 1 publications · 50 citations

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