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Study of election administration
Election science
is a field that deals with the conduct and administration of
elections
. It is distinct from the study of
public opinion
and election forecasting (which fall under
political science
and
psephology
). Election science combines the theoretical study of
social choice theory
(a branch of
math
and
welfare economics
) with empirical research dealing with the administration of elections (a branch of
political science
).
The study of election science can be traced back to early scientific studies of electoral systems and particularly the development of the field of
social choice theory
, including the
Marquis de Condorcet
's analysis of
electoral systems
in the 18th century. The field came into being following the
2000 United States presidential election
,
[1]
where several administrative
[2]
and technical failures
[3]
may have affected the outcome of the election. Examples of subjects where election science methods are applied include
gerrymandering
,
electoral fraud
,
suffrage
, and
voter registration
.
There is an
academic conference
[4]
dedicated to the study of election science and the
Southern Political Science Association
has a sub-conference for the study of election science.
[5]
In addition, multiple universities now offer a
bachelor of science
in political science for a
data science
track.
[6]
[7]
The
Center for Election Science
supports academic research in the fields of election science and
social choice theory
,
[8]
as well as making outreach and education efforts towards the broader public.
[9]
See also
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References
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Brams, Stephan J.; Herschbach, Dudley R. (2001).
"The Science of Elections"
.
Science
.
292
(5521): 1449.
doi
:
10.1126/science.292.5521.1449
.
PMID
11379606
.
S2CID
28262658
.
- ^
Stuart, Guy (2004).
"Databases, Felons, and Voting: Bias and Partisanship of the Florida Felons List in the 2000 Elections"
.
Political Science Quarterly
.
119
(3): 453?475.
doi
:
10.2307/20202391
.
JSTOR
20202391
. Retrieved
2023-02-10
.
- ^
Wand, Jonathan N. (December 1, 2001).
"The Butterfly Did It: The Aberrant Vote for Buchanan in Palm Beach County, Florida"
.
American Political Science Review
.
95
(4): 793?810.
doi
:
10.1017/S000305540040002X
.
JSTOR
3117714
.
S2CID
12182778
.
Archived
from the original on November 24, 2016
. Retrieved
2023-02-10
.
- ^
"Election Science, Reform, and Administration Conference"
.
esra-conference.org
. Retrieved
2023-02-10
.
- ^
"2023 Election Science Conference-within-a-Conference"
.
Joseph A. Coll
. Retrieved
2023-02-10
.
- ^
"BS in Data Sciences in Political Science"
.
American University
. Retrieved
2023-02-10
.
- ^
"Data Science Track | Political Science"
.
politicalscience.stanford.edu
. Retrieved
2023-02-10
.
- ^
Raleigh, Chris (2024-04-08).
"Ranked Choice in NYC: A Look at the Voter Experience with Professor Lindsey Cormack"
.
- ^
"About Us"
.
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