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Proximity Voting

Proximity Voting is a voting behavior theory in which voters select the political party whose policy positions are ideologically closest to their own, distinguishing it from other voting models by emphasizing spatial proximity in the ideological issue space as the primary determinant of electoral choice.

38

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2.5K

Citations

73

Authors

48

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

7

Variants

Proximity Voting ModelSpatial Voting

Parents

Publications

38

When Moderate Voters Prefer Extreme Parties: Policy Balancingin Parliamentary Elections

Orit Kedar · American Political Science Review · 2005 · 390 citations

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Coalition‐Targeted Duvergerian Voting: How Expectations Affect Voter Choice under Proportional Representation

Matías Bargsted, Orit Kedar · American Journal of Political Science · 2009 · 225 citations

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Candidate Positioning and Voter Choice

Michael Tomz, Robert P. Van Houweling · American Political Science Review · 2008 · 198 citations

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No Evidence on Directional vs. Proximity Voting

Jeffrey B. Lewis, Gary King · Political Analysis · 1999 · 159 citations · Full text

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A Unified Theory of Party Competition: A Cross-National Analysis Integrating Spatial and Behavioral Factors

Csaba Nikolenyi · Canadian Journal of Political Science · 2005 · 98 citations

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Authors

73

  1. GR
    George Rabinowitz

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    3 publications · 178 citations

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  2. SE
    Stuart Elaine Macdonald

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    3 publications · 178 citations

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  3. OK
    Orit Kedar

    University of Michigan, United States

    2 publications · 615 citations

    2

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  4. MH
    Marc Hooghe

    KU Leuven, Belgium

    2 publications · 60 citations

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  5. RR
    Richard R. Lau

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States

    2 publications · 60 citations

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Institutions

48

  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    708 citations

  2. Université de Montréal

    Montreal, Canada

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    190 citations

  3. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    208 citations

  4. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    115 citations

  5. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    135 citations

  6. Concordia University

    Montreal, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    98 citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    198 citations

  8. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    198 citations

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Venues

  1. Electoral Studies

    5 publications · 282 citations

    5

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  2. American Journal of Political Science

    AJPS · 3 publications · 360 citations

    3

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  3. The Journal of Politics

    JP · 3 publications · 197 citations

    3

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  4. Journal of Theoretical Politics

    JTP · 3 publications · 100 citations

    3

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  5. American Political Science Review

    3 publications · 610 citations

    3

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