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Preferred term
cube law
Definition
- Cube law is a theory about democratic politics positing that in single-member electoral systems with two dominant parties, there is overrepresentation by the party or grouping that receives the most votes in elections. Concurrently, the party that secures the least number of votes is underrepresented. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Cube Law]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/cube_law
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