Steffen Ganghof
ganghof.bsky.social
Steffen Ganghof
@ganghof.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science | University of Potsdam
Reposted by Steffen Ganghof
The Australian or Japanese model is called semi-parliamentarism by @ganghof.bsky.social in a great book; there's an article version too: ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Gonzalez, not Machado
January 3, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Sounds good to me. But that seems pretty much equivalent to ranked choice (alternative vote) without the need to rank all candidates. Ireland has used this for presidential elections since 1937.
November 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Thank you. I wasn't aware of the book!
November 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I agree about the tradeoffs. But the context always changes, while the rules should be somewhat stable. And the logical space of possibilities. Hard to think of something else. What do you find negative or ficticious about the runoff? That it doesn't necessarily reflect voters' first preference?
November 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Will this be recorded?
October 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Reposted by Steffen Ganghof
..sollte sich ernsthaft mit den Möglichkeiten flexibler Mehrheiten beschäftigen. Sie lindern das Demokratieproblem der Brandmauer und die Demokratiegefahr durch die AfD. Mehr dazu im Frühjahr 2026 in meinem Buch.
October 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I doubt that a few perc. points threshold matter for coordination. Parliamentary system is the problem bc it doesn't allow centrist voters to coordinate. Presidential elections with absolute majority rule show this nicely. (Parl. system plus disproportionality also killed Hungary's democracy.)
October 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Important debate. Thanks! 2 points. 1) Low thresholds make it easier to split up parties. German democracy would probably benefit if a AfD breakaway party were successful. 2) Discussion is predicated on parl. system. Not including small parties in no-confidence procedure can mitigate tradeoffs.
October 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Klar. Aber 1. hängt viel an d. Def. von "... Anliegen berücksichtigen". Deliberation = Verfahren, in deinem Thread klang es nach der Substanz der Kompromisse. 2. Von norm. Theorien zu emp. Hypothesen zu kommen ist tricky. 3. Etwas weniger Rawls & mehr Gaus würde d. Diskussion vllt. helfen :)
October 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Was zu stabilen Kompromissen führt, und ob diese überhaupt noch möglich sind, ist eine rein empirische Frage. Insofern sehe ich die Relevanz der Demokratiekonzeption nicht recht. Rödder würde doch nicht bestreiten, dass die Akteure ihre Positionen moralisch begründen.
October 16, 2025 at 7:13 AM
In seinem Beispiel ging es doch gerade um die Kritik an der Verrechtlichung, also darum, dass das Gericht das gesellschaftlich Kluge nur machen konnte, nachdem es die Fiktion der (moralisch) richtigen Entscheidung aufgegeben hat. 1/
October 16, 2025 at 7:13 AM
help to explain the effects in Australia - and the electoral system itself also probably helps to explain why Australia's policy is not more redistributive (as per the theories of Iversen/Soskice, Rodden and others). PR systems might face distinct questions.
October 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM