Many electoral systems include such bonuses for the largest party

The “hacking” of a mixed electoral system: a case study of Hungary - Public Choice Following Hungary’s 2010 parliamentary election, the Fidesz–KDNP government, as part of a comprehensive restructuring of the country’s constitutional system, fundamentally modified the electoral system approved in 1989, maintaining the mixed system but introducing a number of significant changes to it. The paper seeks to provide a comparative analysis of the 1989 and 2011 electoral systems, with particular focus on how the ruling parties have adapted the new system to their own advantage. Our study aims to shed light on how an electoral system can be susceptible to manipulation through the application of political reasoning that may appear neutral and “well-intentioned”. Despite retaining the mixed-system framework, the changes resulted in a stable advantage for a single political force.

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My students read this
We concluded it isn't really 'hacked' just a matter of circumstance as you have notes in this thread

🔮 Italy’s Five-Star Movement: a cautionary tale for valence populists in power Matthew E Bergman reveals how so-called valence populism (populism focused on competence and good governance rather than ideology) has a potential electoral disadvantage. While non-ideological message...

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Perhaps a cautionary tale for valence populists entering government. I focus on the Italian case but (thnks 2 reviewers) include a discussion of other CEE and Southern European (valence) populists in power.
TLDR: without an ideological core, such parties are more harshly judged on their performance

@roizur.bsky.social this sounds like your publications

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Sankey diagram illustrating the patterns of vote switching across the parliamentary elections 2013, 2017, 2019, and 2024.

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Ezra Klein loves to overintellectualize the far right, giving them mainstream coverage and legitimacy, while pretending to just wanting to "understand the other side." #usefulfools

Look at what happens to male teacher salaries (blue line) v.s. female teacher salaries (red line) after collective bargaining laws expire.

Who’s a part(y) of this family? Only noneconomic niche parties are still responsive to partisans Foundational manuscripts examined whether niche parties and mainstream parties differed in their party-voter linkages. Specifically, they examine “mean electorate” and “partisan electorate” forms o...

Still using the party family approach to #nicheparty analysis? Don't worry, it is a valid approach when studying party issue responsiveness (but not the commies) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Ethno-Regional Parties Cannot Be Everything to Everyone: Electoral Risks of a More Diverse Issue Agenda This note suggests that should ethno-regional parties broaden their agenda, they could be electorally punished. Literature suggests an electoral incentive to a broader party issue agenda, even for ...

Finishing the issue diversification trilogy (center-right and nationalist parties can gain from a more diverse issue agenda; green and center-left cannot) 4 years later;
Opposite effect for Ethno-Regional parties: issue diversification is not a successful strategy
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It was noted on many presentations #NetworkExternalities
^ noted like a true EPSA/EPSS attendee
It was also the reason I joined the other site if you recall

My first #ESPA2025 convinced me to get this app. So great catching up with former colleagues and making new connections. A wonderful introduction to the @epsanet.bsky.social @epssnet.bsky.social community. Looking forward to Belfast #EPSS2026 (paper pending, acceptance conditional)

American moves to Europe, experiences labour policy (protection), cleans a dataset of thousands of reforms, can now explain where they come from: Parties campaigning on left-leaning economic policies are more likely to implement pro-worker policies, but only during non-crisis economic conditions.