Following the 2006 post-electoral crisis, important changes were made to the Constitution and several secondary laws in Mexico. Unfortunately, this new legislation has at least three drawbacks: (1) a weakening of electoral institutions, (2) a reduction in freedom of speech and access to the...

Local Campaigns are frequently studied phenomena in the context of first past the post voting systems such as the UK. They draw less attention in proportional list systems or mixedmember systems. Students of electoral politics assume for these systems a predominant role of political parties...

This paper examines whether quality candidates raise more money in Canadian constituency elections. Using the concept of candidate quality in Canada, the paper finds that incumbents have a significant fundraising advantage in Canada while challengers with political experience or those in...