Présenté par la Chaire de recherche en études électorales.

Résumé : « This paper assesses whether the rich are better represented than the poor in 85 elections in 33 countries and seeks to determine whether electoral systems influence the relative degree of representation of the rich and the poor. We measure public preferences in a differ- ent way from other studies, using party preferences rather than policy preferences or ideological positions. We focus on elections in non- presidential systems covered by CSES modules 1 to 4. Using multi- level Bayesian analyses, we find that rich citizens’ preferences have a greater influence on government composition in between a third and a half of elections. The rich do better relative to the poor in propor- tional electoral systems especially when the preferences of the poor are closer to those of middle-income citizens than are those of the rich. The difference between PR and non-PR systems is due to the proportionality of the electoral system and to the creation of coalition governments under PR. »

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