Strategic Voting in New Zealand – Inspiration for Electoral Reform from Germany?

Electoral law is often complicated and always has important implications for the distribution of power. With the election in New Zealand coming up, issues of targeted campaigning for strategic split ticket voting have gained ground. In an interview with Guyon Espiner of Radio New Zealand, I discussed German electoral law and the experience here with overhanging mandates, how they are avoided after electoral reform and what can be learned from it for New Zealand’s political system. The interview is available here: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/middayreport/audio/2019058415/sven-siefken-on-germany-s-experience-with-mmp-overhangs