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ELECTOOL: Stata module containing toolkit to analyze electoral data

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  • Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo

    (University of Granada)

Programming Language

Stata

Abstract

ELECTOOL is a toolkit to analyze electoral data. It can be used to analyze both aggregate data and individual voting data. It includes two programs: v2seats and electind. v2seats allocates seats to parties, using different allocation methods. Majority formulas include majority and plurality. Highest average formulas include: D'Hondt, St. Laguë, modified St. Laguë, Hungarian St. Laguë, Danish method, Imperiali's divisors, Huntington method and Adams method. Largest remainder formulas include Hare, Hagenbach-Bischoff, Droop, Imperiali, and reinforced Imperiali quotas. It can be used at different aggregation levels, and allows for different electoral thresholds. Customized formulas are also available. electind computes electoral indicators, such as proportionality, electoral and parliamentary fragmentation, polarization and volatility. Proportionality indicators include: Rae, Loosemore-Hanby, Gallagher, Lijphart, St. Laguë, maximum deviation, maximum advantage ratio, Grofman index, and Cox-Shugart. Fragmentation indicators include: Rae's F, ENP, Taagepera's LC, Dunleavy-Boucek, Molinar's NP, Kesselman-Wildgen, concentration and competitiveness. Polarization is calculated using both absolute and Euclidean distances. It can be used at different aggregation levels. It also computes volatility between elections.

Suggested Citation

  • Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo, 2008. "ELECTOOL: Stata module containing toolkit to analyze electoral data," Statistical Software Components S456973, Boston College Department of Economics, revised 28 Jun 2010.
    • Handle: RePEc:boc:bocode:s456973
    Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install electool". The module is made available under terms of the GPL v3 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt). Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.
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    File URL: http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/e/electind.ado
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    File URL: http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/e/electind.hlp
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    File URL: http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/v/v2seats.ado
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    File URL: http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/v/v2seats.hlp
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    File URL: http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/e/electool.pdf
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