The drastic outcomes from voting alliances in three-party democratic voting (1990 \(\rightarrow\) 2013) (Q2376028)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6181273
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    The drastic outcomes from voting alliances in three-party democratic voting (1990 \(\rightarrow\) 2013)
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6181273

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      The drastic outcomes from voting alliances in three-party democratic voting (1990 \(\rightarrow\) 2013) (English)
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      26 June 2013
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      The effect of alliances in three-party competition is investigated. A critical value of minimum support for a minority party enough to provide a substantial representation at higher levels of the hierarchy when the other two competing parties are big is determined. Unexpected outcomes of local voting alliances are singled out. It is studied how a minority in power can preserve its leadership using bottom-up democratic elections. Unbalanced democratic situations are exhibited with strong asymmetries between the actual bottom support of a party and its associated share of power at the top leadership. Strategies are identified for a party to maximize its hold on the top leadership.
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      bottom-up hierarchies
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      coalitions
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      dictatorship
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      democratic local voting
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      opinion dynamics
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      sociophysics
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