Replication Data for: The Electoral Implications of Politically Irrelevant Cues under Demanding Electoral Systems
<|begin_of_text|><|start_header_id|>system<|end_header_id|> You are a research archivist expert in dataset metadata. Answer the question truthfully.  <|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>user<|end_header_id|> Here is the Description of a dataset. Description:'Cognitively demanding electoral systems can increase the chance that voters make their decisions based on politically irrelevant cues. To illustrate this argument, I analyze the effect of candidate name complexity --- a visual cue that contains no politically meaningful information --- in Japan, where voters need to write their preferred candidate's name on a blank ballot paper. I find that when electoral systems require voters to weigh a large number of candidates and simultaneously reduce the usefulness of partisan cues, candidates with more complex names tend to receive lower vote shares. By contrast, under less cognitively demanding systems, candidate name complexity has no effect on election outcomes. These findings have important implications for the debate on 'best' electoral system design' . Please return only a json list of at most 3 Keywords corresponding to the Description:.<|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|> {"Answer" : ["Electoral Systems, Politically Irrelevant Cues"]} <|eot_id|>
 Here is the Description of a dataset. Description:'Cognitively demanding electoral systems can increase the chance that voters make their decisions based on politically irrelevant cues. To illustrate this argument, I analyze the effect of candidate name complexity --- a visual cue that contains no politically meaningful information --- in Japan, where voters need to write their preferred candidate's name on a blank ballot paper. I find that when electoral systems require voters to weigh a large number of candidates and simultaneously reduce the usefulness of partisan cues, candidates with more complex names tend to receive lower vote shares. By contrast, under less cognitively demanding systems, candidate name complexity has no effect on election outcomes. These findings have important implications for the debate on 'best' electoral system design' . Please return only a json list of at most 3 Keywords corresponding to the Description:.
Cognitively demanding electoral systems can increase the chance that voters make their decisions based on politically irrelevant cues. To illustrate this argument, I analyze the effect of candidate name complexity --- a visual cue that contains no politically meaningful information --- in Japan, where voters need to write their preferred candidate's name on a blank ballot paper. I find that when electoral systems require voters to weigh a large number of candidates and simultaneously reduce the usefulness of partisan cues, candidates with more complex names tend to receive lower vote shares. By contrast, under less cognitively demanding systems, candidate name complexity has no effect on election outcomes. These findings have important implications for the debate on 'best' electoral system design
Electoral Systems, Politically Irrelevant Cues