Here’s a link to the book’s page on amazon.com.

And here is the link to the book’s page at Princeton University Press.

First, EVOTE2010.

Second, EVT/WOTE 2010.

A spreadsheet displaying the numbers can be found here.

The consensus is slowly emerging that the higher undervotes were directly correlated to the use of a two sided ballots in some, but not all, Oregon counties, which leads one to ask, why would an identical set of ballot measures with no local races appear one-sided in some counties and two sided in others?

There does seem to be a trend in Oregon toward voters holding their ballots later and later, but as I’ve shown in a paper published in the William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal, there are also campaign effects.  In the January 2003 election plotted below, for instance, we found that Republican identifiers cast ballots earlier than Democrats.

It’s a nice example of very high quality, daily turnout data.  There will be one more update before next Tuesday’s election.  Obviously, the contest in Oregon is not as nationally consequential as the Massachusetts results, but for this state–and perhaps our neighbor to the south–voter endorsement of tax increases would be quite significant.  Voter rejection of these legislative changes would create a fiscal crisis.

We’ll see one another Western state does.  Perhaps California will look north for once?

POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP
MAKING ELECTORAL DEMOCRACY WORK

Applications are invited for a post-doctoral fellowship supported by the “Making Electoral Democracy Work” project. The study examines how the rules of the game influence voters and parties. The study examines 27 elections in five countries (Canada, France, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland) and will include: an internet panel survey; an analysis of party strategies; and a series of experiments designed to complement the analyses of party and voter behaviour. For more information, see: http://www.electoraldemocracy.com.

Applicants must demonstrate research interest and skills in the quantitative study of elections. The fellow will be actively involved in various aspects of the study, and will have the opportunity to collaborate and co-author with the co-investigators of the project. He/she will have an office at the Canada Research Chair in Electoral Studies at the Université de Montréal and will work on a daily basis with Professor André Blais, the director of the study.

The annual stipend is $40,000 (CAN). Travel expenses for up to two conferences (at which the fellow presents a paper) per year (maximum of $1,000 per conference) are reimbursed.

The fellowship is due to start in September 2010. The successful applicant must have defended his / her dissertation prior to the start date. The deadline for applications is March 1, 2010. Applicants should email their CV, a short letter, and the names of two referees to:

andre.blais@umontreal.ca.

Professor André Blais
Canada Research Chair in Electoral Studies
Département de science politique
Université de Montréal