Even without ‘Senate’ electoral votes, the size of the U.S. House of Representatives could still determine the outcome of presidential elections

Barthélémy, F., Martin, M. & Piggins, A. (2014). Even without ‘Senate’ electoral votes, the size of the U.S. House of Representatives could still determine the outcome of presidential elections.
Copy

Earlier this year on this blog, Fabrice Barthélémy, Mathieu Martin, and Ashley Piggins showed that under the Electoral College system, the arbitrary size of the House of Representatives, not the voters, can determine the outcome of a presidential election. They referred to work by Nicholas R. Miller to explain this ‘House size effect.’ Here he further explores the issue and writes that, even without ‘Senate’ electoral votes, the winner of the electoral vote could still depend on the size of the House.

picture_as_pdf


Download

Export as

EndNote BibTeX Reference Manager Refer Atom Dublin Core JSON Multiline CSV
Export