What is the main cause of divided government?

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Résumé

Divided government is where the executive does not manage to enjoy the support of a majority in the legislature. It can be seen in presidential regimes, the United States in particular, but it also manifests itself as minority government in parliamentary regimes as well as 'cohabitation' in semi-presidential regimes, such as France. However, this phenomenon does not occur by coincidence; it arises from many apparent reasons, but basically only one. Firstly, we will develop the behavioural and electoral explanations of the causes of divided government, which come from the voters and are more or less stategic and voluntary, we will also explain why certain reasons are thought unvalid by various authors. In a second part we will discuss the institutional and political causes that make a divided government appear. Word-count: 2,830.

Outline:

I) The behavioural explanations
II) The institutional causes of divided government

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